An HLA study in 74 Danish haemochromatosis patients and in 21 of their families.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1992.tb03619.x

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An HLA study in 74 Danish haemochromatosis patients and in 21 of their families.

Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1992

Milman N, Graudal N, Nielsen L S, Fenger K

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HLA-A and -B alleles in 74 Danish patients and 21 homozygous relatives with idiopathic haemochromatosis (IH) were compared with those in a sample of 1719 chromosomes from healthy Danish control subjects. The following alleles occurred with higher frequencies in IH compared to controls: A3: 53.6%...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alleles
Denmark
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
HLA Antigens
Haplotypes
Hemochromatosis
Humans
Iron
Liver
Male
Middle Aged

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