Iron loading and morbidity among relatives of HFE C282Y homozygotes identified either by population genetic testing or presenting as patients.

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although most cases of hereditary haemochromatosis are associated with homozygosity for the C282Y mutation of the HFE gene, clinical penetrance varies and other genes may modify disease expression. If so, relatives from clinically affected families, by inheriting such genes, may accumulate more iron. To seek evidence for this, we compared iron status and morbidity in unselected first degree...

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