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.
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.