Article
Effect of co-inheritance of β-thalassemia and hemochromatosis mutations on iron overload.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2012
López-Escribano Herminio, Ferragut Joana F, Parera Maria M, Guix Pilar, Castro José A, Ramon M Misericòrdia, Picornell Antònia
Abstract excerpt
Co-inheritance of mutations in the HFE gene underlying hereditary hemocromatosis (HH) may play a role in the variability of iron status in patients with β-thalassemia (β-thal) minor. Different studies have yielded conflicting results: some suggest iron overload might arise from the interaction of the β-thal trait with homozygosity or even heterozygosity for HFE mutations and others that it was unrelated to the...
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