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Prevalence of C282Y and H63D mutations in the haemochromatosis (HFE) gene in Tunisian population.
Annales de genetique - 1 Jan 2000
Sassi R, Hmida Slama, Kaabi H, Hajjej A, Abid A, Abdelkefi S, Yacoub S, Maamar M, Mojaat N, Ben Hamed L, Bellali H, Dridi A, Jridi A, Midouni B, Boukef M K
Abstract excerpt
The studies of the HFE mutations: H63D and C282Y in North African populations have revealed the extreme rarity or even the absence of the C282Y mutation. We have examined 1140 chromosomes (570 Tunisian people) for the presence of the two HFE mutations by PCR-RFLP analysis. We have found that the allele frequencies are, respectively, 15.17% (+/-2.1%) for the H63D and 0.09% (+/-0.17%) for the C282Y. These results...
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