COMMON FOUNDER EFFECTS OF HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS, WILSON´S DISEASE, THE LONG QT SYNDROME AND AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DEAFNESS CAUSED BY TWO NOVEL MUTATIONS IN THE WHRN AND TMC1 GENES

Common founder effects of hereditary hemochromatosis, Wilson´s disease, the long QT syndrome and autosomal recessive deafness caused by two novel mutations in the WHRN and TMC1 genes

Abstract Background Genealogy and molecular genetic studies of a Swedish river valley population resulted in a large pedigree, showing that the hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) HFE/p.C282Y mutation is inherited with other recessive disorders such as Wilson´s disease (WND), a rare recessive disorder of copper overload.The population also contain ind

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Impact of the active job openings-to-applicants ratio on the number of ambulance dispatches in Japan, 2003-2021: a longitudinal ecological study

Objective To examine the contribution of the active job openings-to-applicants ratio, a macroeconomic indicator, to the number of ambulance dispatches.Design Longitudinal ecological study.Setting Japan, between January 2003 and December 2021.Participants All ambulance dispatches.Primary and secondary outcome measures The contribution of the active

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