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HFE genotyping demonstrates a significant incidence of hemochromatosis in undifferentiated arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Cauza E, Hanusch-Enserer U, Etemad M, Köller M, Kostner K, Georg P, Dunky A, Ferenci P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hereditary hemochromatosis is a common autosomal recessive disorder of iron metabolism. Among Northern Europeans the carrier frequency is estimated to be 1 in 10, while up to 1 in 200 is affected by the disease. Arthropathy is one early clinical manifestation of this disease, but the articular features are often misdiagnosed. In this study the two frequent mutations of the HLA-linked hemochromatosis...
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