Title : High prevalence of the His63Asp HFE mutation in Italian patients with porphyria cutanea tarda.

Pub. Date : 1998 Jan

PMID : 9425935






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1 The aim of this work was to investigate whether mutations of HFE, which is a candidate gene for hemochromatosis, play the role of genetic susceptibility factors for PCT in Italian patients, who have a high prevalence of acquired triggering factors, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection and alcohol. Alcohols homeostatic iron regulator Homo sapiens