Phenotypic expression of the HLA-linked iron-loading gene in the Afrikaner population of the western Cape.

Theo E. Meyer,R. D. Baynes,T. H. Bothwell,Trefor Jenkins,Daynia Ballot,P. L. Jooste,Green A,du Toit E,Peter Jacobs

Phenotypic expression of the HLA-linked iron-loading gene in the Afrikaner population of the western Cape.

1988

Theo E. Meyer
R. D. Baynes
T. H. Bothwell
Trefor Jenkins
Daynia Ballot
P. L. Jooste
Green A
du Toit E
Peter Jacobs

A previous study conducted on a group of Afrikaans-speaking subjects in the south-western Cape indicated a high frequency (0,115) of the HLA-Iinked iron-loading gene which causes idiopathic haemochromatosis.

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Cape
Population
Phenotype
Genetics
Gene
Diabetes mellitus
Pathology
Human leukocyte antigen
Medicine
First-degree relatives
Heterozygote advantage
Transferrin saturation
Physiology
Pedigree chart
Genotype

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