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Prevalence of the H63D mutation of the HFE in north India: its presence does not cause iron overload in beta thalassemia trait.
European journal of haematology - 1 Apr 2005
Garewal Gurjeewan, Das Reena, Ahluwalia Jasmina, Marwaha R K
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the allele frequency in the north Indian population of the two mutations in the HFE gene, the C282Y and H63D, which are responsible for causing hereditary haemochromatosis particularly in Caucasians of north European descent. We also wanted to correlate these mutations with the iron status in beta thalassemia traits. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixty normal subjects and 215 individuals with...
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