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Ethnic differences in the HFE codon 282 (Cys/Tyr) polymorphism.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Beckman L E, Saha N, Spitsyn V, Van Landeghem G, Beckman L
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is likely to be caused by homozygosity for a Cys282Tyr mutation in the HFE gene located 4.5 Mb telomeric to HLA-A. Population studies of this polymorphism are facilitated by the fact that the Cys282Tyr mutation creates a Rsal restriction site. We have studied the codon 282 (Cys/Tyr) polymorphism in different ethnic groups. In agreement with previous...
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