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Hereditary hemochromatosis and risk of ischemic heart disease: a prospective study and a case-control study.
Circulation - 12 Jul 2005
Ellervik Christina, Tybjaerg-Hansen Anne, Grande Peer, Appleyard Merete, Nordestgaard Børge G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that the hereditary hemochromatosis genotypes C282Y/C282Y, C282Y/H63D, or C282Y/wild-type are risk factors for ischemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a prospective study of 9178 individuals from the Danish general population followed up for 24 years, during which 1035 and 511 developed IHD and MI, respectively, and a...
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