Increased Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Carriers of the Hemochromatosis Gene Cys282Tyr Mutation
- 21 September 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 100 (12) , 1274-1279
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.100.12.1274
Abstract
Background—Homozygosity for a relatively common Cys282Tyr mutation of the human hemochromatosis-associated (HFE) gene was recently found to account for most cases of hereditary hemochromatosis. Bec...Keywords
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