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Effect of the Hemochromatosis Mutations on Iron Overload among the Indian β Thalassemia Carriers.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 May 2017
Nadkarni Anita H, Singh Aradhana A, Colaco Stacy, Hariharan Priya, Colah Roshan B, Ghosh Kanjaksha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hemochromatosis is a disorder of iron metabolism characterized by increased iron absorption.HFE gene mutations C282Y and H63D are responsible for the majority of hereditary hemochromatosis cases. METHODS: We tried to look at the effect of HFE mutations on the iron status. A total of 100 β thalassemia traits (BTT) with 100 normal individuals were screened for the C282Y and H63D mutations...
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