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Genetic background of primary iron overload syndromes in Japan.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2006
Hayashi Hisao, Wakusawa Shinya, Motonishi Satoshi, Miyamoto Ken-ichi, Okada Hidetoshi, Inagaki Yasutaka, Ikeda Takaaki
Abstract excerpt
The different prevalences of iron overload syndromes between Caucasians and Asians may be accounted for by the differences in genetic background. The major mutation of hemochromatosis in Celtic ancestry, C282Y of HFE, was reported in a Japanese patient. Five patients of 3 families with the hepatic transferrin receptor gene (TFR2)-linked hemochromatosis were found in different areas of Japan, suggesting that TFR2...
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