Genetic testing for haemochromatosis in patients with chondrocalcinosis.

Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is the most common lethal monogenic human disease, affecting roughly 1 in 300 white northern Europeans. Homozygosity for the C282Y polymorphism within the HFE gene causes more than 80% of cases, with compound heterozygosity of the C282Y and H63D polymorphism also inc...

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Main Authors: Timms, A, Sathananthan, R, Bradbury, L, Athanasou, N, Wordsworth, B, Brown, M
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2002