Genotypic testing of nonselected patients with the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) for the C282Y and H63D mutations of the HFE gene responsible for hereditary hemochromatosis revealed a significantly increased frequency of these mutations when compared to healthy blood donors reflecting the average population.
49 patients with MM were compared to 61 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) concerning the incidence of two genetic variants of the HFE gene (C282Y and H63D) identified with PCR-RFLP.