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Screening for hereditary haemochromatosis in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study of 2,035 patients

AIMS: Hereditary haemochromatosis is a genetic disorder that is caused by several known mutations in the human homeostatic iron regulator protein (HFE) gene. Abnormal accumulation of iron causes a joint disease that resembles osteoarthritis (OA), but appears at a relatively younger age and is accomp...

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Autores principales: Krasin, Elisha, Gold, Aviram, Morgan, Samuel, Warschawski, Yaniv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8711657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34905938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.212.BJO-2021-0162.R1