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Iron storage disease in Asia-Pacific populations: the importance of non-HFE mutations.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jul 2013
McDonald Cameron J, Wallace Daniel F, Crawford Darrell H G, Subramaniam V Nathan
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a widely recognized and well-studied condition in European populations. This is largely due to the high prevalence of the C282Y mutation of HFE. Although less common than in Europe, HH cases have been reported in the Asia-Pacific region because of mutations in both HFE and non-HFE genes. Mutations in all of the currently known genes implicated in non-HFE HH (hemojuvelin,...
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