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HFE gene mutations are extremely rare in Western sub-Saharan Africa

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This work was partially supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, project IME/MGI/49853/2003. The experiments performed in this work comply with the current laws of Portugal inclusive of ethics approval.

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  1. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Centro de Genética Humana, Lisbon, Portugal

    Rute Martins, Isabel Picanço, Luísa Romão & Paula Faustino

  2. Observatório Nacional de Saúde, INSA, Lisbon, Portugal

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Martins, R., Picanço, I., Nunes, B. et al. HFE gene mutations are extremely rare in Western sub-Saharan Africa. Ann Hematol 84, 686–688 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-005-1036-2

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