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Prevalence of genetic haemochromatosis and iron overload in patients attending rheumatology and joint replacement clinics.
Scottish medical journal - 1 Feb 2010
Donnelly S C, Joshi N G, Thorburn D, Cooke A, Reid G, Neilson M, Capell H, Stanley A J
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Genetic Haemochromatosis (GH) is common in North European and Celtic populations and is associated with arthropathy. We aimed to measure the frequency of the common GH mutations (C282Y and H63D), the carrier frequency of C282Y and markers of iron overload in patients who were referred to our rheumatology and joint replacement clinics. METHODS: Unselected patients attending these clinics were...
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