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Effect of C282Y genotype on self-reported musculoskeletal complications in hereditary hemochromatosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Camacho António, Funck-Brentano Thomas, Simão Márcio, Cancela Leonor, Ottaviani Sébastien, Cohen-Solal Martine, Richette Pascal
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Arthropathy that mimics osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) is considered a complication of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). We have limited data comparing OA and OP prevalence among HH patients with different hemochromatosis type 1 (HFE) genotypes. We investigated the prevalence of OA and OP in patients with HH by C282Y homozygosity and compound heterozygosity (C282Y/H63D) genotype. METHODS: A...
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