Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2014)

Iron Overload Is Rare in Patients Homozygous for the H63D Mutation

  • Melissa Kelley,
  • Nikhil Joshi,
  • Yagang Xie,
  • Mark Borgaonkar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/468521
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 4
pp. 198 – 202

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Previous research has suggested that the H63D HFE mutation is associated with elevated iron indexes. However, the true penetrance of this mutation remains unclear.