Recombinations defining centromeric and telomeric borders for the hereditary haemochromatosis locus.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical genetics
دوره 34 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997