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Hemochromatosis mutations in Iranians with hepatitis B virus infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Feb 2005
Sendi Hossein, Ghaziani Tahereh, Zali Mohammad R, Adibi Peyman, Agah Mohammadreza, Jazayeri Maryam, Shahraz Saeed, Magnius Lars, Bonkovsky Herbert L
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the frequencies of the common hemochromatosis gene mutations were assessed in 75 Iranian subjects with chronic hepatitis B infection. We found that the major C282Y mutation was significantly more frequent in subjects infected with hepatitis B virus (4%) than in 194 control subjects (0%, P=.02; Fisher's exact test).
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