Frequency of HFE mutations among Turkish blood donors according to transferrin saturation


Simsek H., Sumer H., Yilmaz E., Balaban Y., Ozcebe O., Hascelik G., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.38, sa.8, ss.671-675, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Background and Goals: The C282Y and H63D mutations of HFE gene are associated with hereditary hemochomatosis (HH), the most common autosomal recessive disorder in European population. This is the first Turkish population study of, the prevalence of these mutations.