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The celtic coincidence--the frequency and clinical characterisation of hereditary haemochromatosis in patients with coeliac disease.
Irish journal of medical science - 1 Jan 2000
Leyden J, Kelleher B, Ryan E, Barrett S, O'Keane J C, Crowe J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary Haemochromatosis (HH) and Coeliac disease (CD) are common disorders in Northern European populations, particularly the Irish population. AIMS: To investigate whether there was increased frequency of the two common HFE gene mutations, C282Y and H63D, associated with HH amongst a cohort of CD patients, and to determine the penetrance of the HH associated genotypes in this cohort. METHODS: HFE...
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