The new iron age.

doi:10.3892/ijmm.6.6.607

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The new iron age.

International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Dec 2000

Trinder D, Macey D J, Olynyk J K

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In the last four years there has been a major change in the approach to diagnosis of the iron overload disorder hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) following the discovery of the gene that is mutated in HH called HFE. In the first part of this review we will give a concise overview of the disease. Also the current literature on the role of HFE in iron absorption and transport at a molecular level and how mutations...

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