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Prevalence of H63D, S65C and C282Y hereditary hemochromatosis gene mutations in Slovenian population by an improved high-throughput genotyping assay.
BMC medical genetics - 23 Nov 2007
Cukjati Marko, Vaupotic Tomaz, Rupreht Ruth, Curin-Serbec Vladka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a common genetic disease characterized by excessive iron overload that leads to multi-organ failure. Although the most prevalent genotype in HH is homozygosity for C282Y mutation of the HFE gene, two additional mutations, H63D and S65C, appear to be associated with a milder form of HH. The aim of this study was to develop a high-throughput assay for HFE mutations...
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