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Hemochromatosis Mutations, Brain Iron Imaging, and Dementia in the UK Biobank Cohort.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2021
Atkins Janice L, Pilling Luke C, Heales Christine J, Savage Sharon, Kuo Chia-Ling, Kuchel George A, Steffens David C, Melzer David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Brain iron deposition occurs in dementia. In European ancestry populations, the HFE p.C282Y variant can cause iron overload and hemochromatosis, mostly in homozygous males. OBJECTIVE: To estimate p.C282Y associations with brain MRI features plus incident dementia diagnoses during follow-up in a large community cohort. METHODS: UK Biobank participants with follow-up hospitalization records (mean 10.5...
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