Article
Hemochromatosis: diagnosis and management.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2001
Bacon B R
Abstract excerpt
HH should be distinguished from the other syndromes of iron overload. Many patients with HH have abnormal serum iron values before the development of any significant symptoms or clinical findings, and liver biopsy is less important in these patients. HFE mutation analysis has strengthened our ability to diagnose HH accurately and is useful in family studies. HFE mutations may play a contributory role in some...
Topics
- HLA Antigens
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemochromatosis Protein
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
- Iron Overload
- Liver Diseases
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation