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Prevalence of the Cys282Tyr and His63Asp HFE gene mutations in Spanish patients with hereditary hemochromatosis and in controls.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1998
Sánchez M, Bruguera M, Bosch J, Rodés J, Ballesta F, Oliva R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: A mutation (Cys282Tyr) of the HFE gene has recently been reported to be present in most of the patients with hereditary hemochromatosis of Northern European ancestry, but in a lower frequency in Italy. No data are so far available on the prevalence of these mutations in Spain. Therefore, we initiated the present study to determine if the reported Cys282Tyr HFE mutation is also the main cause of...
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