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THE high incidence of hæmochromatosis among the Bantu was initially pointed out by Strachan1, and has been confirmed by the Gillmans2,3, who regard the disorder as one of the manifestations of chronic malnutrition.
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Strachan, A. S., “Hæmosiderosis and Hæmochromatosis in South African Natives, with a Comment on the Ætiology of Hæmochromatosis”. M.D. Thesis, Glasgow (1929). (Quoted from Gillman. J., Mandelstam, J., and Gillman, T., 1945.)
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WALKER, A., ARVIDSSON, U. Iron Intake and Hæmochromatosis in the Bantu. Nature 166, 438–439 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166438a0
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