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Sex and acquired cofactors determine phenotypes of ferroportin disease.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2011
Le Lan Caroline, Mosser Annick, Ropert Martine, Detivaud Lénaïck, Loustaud-Ratti Véronique, Vital-Durand Denis, Roget Laurent, Bardou-Jacquet Edouard, Turlin Bruno, David Véronique, Loréal Olivier, Deugnier Yves, Brissot Pierre, Jouanolle Anne-Marie
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Ferroportin disease is characterized by iron overload. It has an autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance and has been associated with mutations in the SLC40A1 gene, which encodes the cellular iron exporter ferroportin. Since the first description in 2001, about 30 mutations have been reported; the heterogeneity of ferroportin disease phenotypes has led to the hypothesis that the nature of the...
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