Genetic Aspects of Scurvy and the European Famine of 1845–1848

The view of scurvy being exclusively a nutritional disorder needs to be updated. Genetic polymorphisms of HFE and haptoglobin (Hp) may explain the geographic variability of mortality caused by the European famine of the mid-19th century. In this period, potatoes had fallen victim to the potato bligh...

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Autores principales: Delanghe, Joris R., De Buyzere, Marc L., Speeckaert, Marijn M., Langlois, Michel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24036531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu5093582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24036531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu5093582

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