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Noncitrus fruits as novel dietary environmental modifiers of iron stores in people with or without HFE gene mutations.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 May 2008
Milward Elizabeth A, Baines Surinder K, Knuiman Matthew W, Bartholomew Helen C, Divitini Mark L, Ravine David G, Bruce David G, Olynyk John K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether citrus fruit, noncitrus fruit, and other dietary factors act as environmental modifiers of iron status in the absence or presence of hemochromatotic HFE gene mutations. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: Iron studies, HFE genotypic analyses, and dietary data from a survey conducted from March 21, 1994, through December 15, 1995, were analyzed for a group of 2232 residents (1105 men, 1127...
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