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Commentary: Genetic screening for common mutations: Lessons from hereditary hemochromatosis

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  1. Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Clinical Genetics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Omer T. Njajou, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh & Cornelia M. van Duijn

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Njajou, O.T., Alizadeh, B.Z. & van Duijn, C.M. Commentary: Genetic screening for common mutations: Lessons from hereditary hemochromatosis. Eur J Epidemiol 18, 3–4 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022696812126

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