Method to diagnose hereditary hemochromatosis

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New genetic markers for the presence of a mutation in the common hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) gene are disclosed. The multiplicity of markers permits definition of genotypes characteristic of carriers and homozygotes containing this mutation in their genomic DNA.

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