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Iron overload and HFE gene mutations in Czech patients with chronic liver diseases.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2012
Dostalikova-Cimburova Marketa, Kratka Karolina, Stransky Jaroslav, Putova Ivana, Cieslarova Blanka, Horak Jiri
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The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence of HFE gene mutations in Czech patients with chronic liver diseases and the influence of the mutations on iron status. The presence of HFE gene mutations (C282Y, H63D, and S65C) analyzed by the PCR-RFLP method, presence of cirrhosis, and serum iron indices were compared among 454 patients with different chronic liver diseases (51 with chronic hepatitis B, 122...
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