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HFE codon 63/282 (H63D/C282Y) dimorphism in German patients with genetic hemochromatosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 1998
Gottschalk R, Seidl C, Löffler T, Seifried E, Hoelzer D, Kaltwasser J P
Abstract excerpt
Genetic hemochromatosis (GH) is closely associated with genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6. Recently, a candidate gene for GH, with structural similarities to MHC class I genes, designated HLA-H and presently named HFE, has been cloned. The HFE gene is localized telomeric to the MHC and several reports have indicated that the HFE gene is mutated in GH patients. In the present...
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