Hemochromatosis mutations in Iranians with hepatitis B virus infection.

Sendi, Hossein; Ghaziani, Tahereh; Zali, Mohammad R; Adibi, Peyman; Agah, Mohammadreza; Jazayeri, Maryam; Shahraz, Saeed; Magnius, Lars et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2005

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

In this study, the frequencies of the common hemochromatosis gene mutations were assessed in 75 Iranian subjects with chronic hepatitis B infection. We found that the major C282Y mutation was significantly more frequent in subjects infected with hepatitis B virus (4%) than in 194 control subjects (0%, P=.02; Fisher's exact test).

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