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TFR2-related hereditary hemochromatosis as a frequent cause of primary iron overload in patients from Central-Southern Italy.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Radio Francesca Clementina, Majore Silvia, Binni Francesco, Valiante Michele, Ricerca Bianca Maria, De Bernardo Carmelilia, Morrone Aldo, Grammatico Paola
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a common Mendelian disorder of iron metabolism. Eighty percent of northern Europeans descendant HH patients carry the same mutation (p.C282Y) in the HFE gene. Simultaneously, due to a founder effect, its frequency varies considerably between different populations. In Central-Southern Italy the prevalence of p.C282Y mutation is low and in several patients the disease...
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