Modifying factors of the HFE hemochromatosis phenotype.

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C282Y homozygosity is the only common HFE genotype able to produce a complete hemochromatosis phenotype. However, its biochemical penetrance is incomplete (75% in men and 50% in women) and its clinical penetrance is low, especially in women (1 vs 25% in men). Environmental (e.g., diet, alcohol, drugs and metabolic syndrome) and genetic (digenism, common polymorphisms in the bone morphogenetic protein pathway...

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