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Association of HFE gene mutations with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the Iranian population.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 31 Oct 2016
Saremi L, Lotfipanah S, Mohammadi M, Hosseinzadeh H, Sayad A, Saltanatpour Z
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether the HFE gene variants H63D and C282Y are associated with NAFLD in persons with type 2 diabetes, we conducted a case-control study including 145 case of NAFLD patients with a history of type 2 diabetes and 145 matching control. The genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral venous blood and the genotyping of HFE gene mutations was analyzed using the PCR-RFLP technique. Statistical analysis...
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