To survey the burden of liver disease in Europe and its causes 260 epidemiological studies
published in the last five years were reviewed. The incidence and prevalence of cirrhosis …

Background Hereditary haemochromatosis is a genetic disorder related to proteins involved
in iron transport, resulting in iron load and deposition of iron in various tissues of the body …

HFE-hemochromatosis is a common autosomal recessive disease caused by HFE gene
mutations and characterized as iron overload and failure of different organs. The aim of this …

Background Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common autosomal recessive
disorder in white people, characterized by highly abnormal uptake of iron from the …

Background & Aims. HFE-associated haemochromatosis is one of the most frequent
autosomal recessive disorders in the Caucasian population. Although most of the cases are …

The aim of this study was to assess the frequencies of three hemochromatosis gene (HFE)
mutations in ethnic Roma/Gypsies in Slovakia. A cohort of 367 individuals representing …

This article presents a review on population genetics of Latvians, which alongside
Lithuanians are the two extant Baltic speaking populations. The article provides a …

Aim To compare A allele frequencies of the 845G> A mutation of 10 Slavic populations in
central, eastern, and southern Europe between each other and with other European …

La Hemocromatosis incluye una variedad de síndromes crónicos de origen genético que
cursan con sobrecarga de hierro, y puede ser clasificada de acuerdo a las mutaciones …

Hemochromatosis includes a variety of chronic syndromes of genetic origin with iron
overload, which can be classified according to genetic mutations in four groups, from type 1 …