| Literature DB >> 9032646 |
R S Ajioka1, P Yu, J R Gruen, C Q Edwards, L M Griffen, J P Kushner.
Abstract
Hereditary haemochromatosis (HFE) is a common inherited disorder, affecting approximately five per thousand white people of northern European descent. Genetic linkage and linkage disequilibrium studies indicate that the disease locus is tightly linked to HLA-A and D6S105. Recombination between HFE and HLA class I loci is known to be rare. We report here two pedigrees in which recombinations telomeric of HLA-A occurred. These recombinant events define new centromeric and telomeric borders for the HFE locus.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9032646 PMCID: PMC1050843 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.1.28
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Genet ISSN: 0022-2593 Impact factor: 6.318