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Frequency of HFE gene mutations C282Y and H63D in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Sept 2006
Terzić Rifet, Sehić Amela, Teran Natasa, Terzić Ibrahim, Peterlin Borut
Abstract excerpt
Genetic epidemiology studies of hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) have shown a high prevalence of the C282Y mutation in individuals of the North Western European origin, whereas lower prevalence of HFE gene mutations was detected in the populations from southern European countries. However, no HFE mutation prevalence data have been provided for the population of Bosnia-Herzegovina so far. Therefore, the aim of...
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