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SUBMITTER: Scotet V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5816504 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scotet Virginie V Saliou Philippe P Uguen Marianne M L'Hostis Carine C Merour Marie-Christine MC Triponey Céline C Chanu Brigitte B Nousbaum Jean-Baptiste JB Le Gac Gerald G Ferec Claude C
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20180217 1
<h4>Background</h4>HFE hemochromatosis is an inborn error of iron metabolism linked to a defect in the regulation of hepcidin synthesis. This autosomal recessive disease typically manifests later in women than men. Although it is commonly stated that pregnancy is, with menses, one of the factors that offsets iron accumulation in women, no epidemiological study has yet supported this hypothesis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of pregnancy on expression of the predominant HFE p ...[more]