HFE C282Tyr homozygotes with serum ferritin concentrations below 100ug/L are at low risk of hemochromatosis
HFE-associated hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a genetic predisposition to iron overload and subsequent signs and symptoms of disease potentially affecting around 80,000 in Australia and almost one million people in the USA. Most clinical cases are homozygous for the C282Y mutation in the HFE gen...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12665 |