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Lack of association of HFE gene polymorphism with high body iron status in Pakistani patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 1 Feb 2021
Muhammad Jibran Sualeh, Islam Najmul, Mehboobali Naseema, Iqbal Khalida, Azam Iqbal, Iqbal Mohammad Perwaiz
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OBJECTIVE: The Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of 3 common polymorphisms in the HFE gene (C282Y, H63D and S65C) with high body iron status in a population of Pakistani subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and to explore if there is any novel mutation in HFE gene in a sample of Pakistani subjects with type 2 DM. METHODS: In a case-control design, 200 healthy controls and 200...
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