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. 1983 May;21(5):402-4.

HLA-A3 and serum iron. A study in an Irish control population

F M Stevens, M G Fallon, C F McCarthy, H Grimes
  • PMID: 6868061

HLA-A3 and serum iron. A study in an Irish control population

F M Stevens et al. Tissue Antigens. 1983 May.

Abstract

In a control population of 127 healthy adults in the West of Ireland, the possession of the HLA-antigens associated with idiopathic haemochromatosis (IH), i.e. HLA-A3, B7 and B14 was not accompanied by higher levels of serum iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC) or transferrin saturation (TS%). HLA-A3 does not appear to confer enhanced ability to absorb dietary iron.

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