Carriers of the Complex Allele HFE c.[187C>G;340+4T>C] Have Increased Risk of Iron Overload in São Miguel Island Population (Azores, Portugal)

• Claudia C. Branco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez

  Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Cidália T. Gomes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Laura De Fez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Sara Bulhões,

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Maria José Brilhante,

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Tânia Pereirinha,

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Rita Cabral,

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Ana Catarina Rego,

  Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Cristina Fraga,

  Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• António G. Miguel,

  Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Gracinda Brasil,

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Paula Macedo,

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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• Luisa Mota-Vieira

  * E-mail: Luisa.MQ.Vieira@azores.gov.pt

  Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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