Twenty-Five Years of Contemplating Genotype-Based Hereditary Hemochromatosis Population Screening
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a rather frequent, preventable disease because the progressive iron overload affecting many organs can be effectively reduced by phlebotomy. Even before the discovery of the major gene, <i>HFE</i>, in 1996, hemochromatosis was seen as a candidate for po...
Main Author: | Jörg Schmidtke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-09-01
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Series: | Genes |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/9/1622 |
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