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Hereditary juvenile haemochromatosis: a genetically heterogeneous life-threatening iron-storage disease.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Sept 1998
Kelly A L, Rhodes D A, Roland J M, Schofield P, Cox T M
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile haemochromatosis is a rare inborn error of iron metabolism with clinical manifestations before 30 years of age. Unlike adult haemochromatosis which principally affects men, juvenile haemochromatosis affects the sexes equally; it causes early endocrine failure, dilated cardiomyopathy and joint disease. We report four patients (two of each sex) from three pedigrees affected by juvenile haemochromatosis...
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