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Molecular analysis of hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome in a large Basque family.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Mar 2001
Pérez de Nanclares G, Castaño L, Martul P, Rica I, Vela A, Sanjurjo P, Aldamiz-Echevarría K, Martínez R, Sarrionandia M J
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by constitutively increased serum ferritin values in the absence of iron overload and by bilateral cataract. It has been demonstrated that mutations in the stem loop structure of the iron regulatory element (IRE) located in the 5'-untranslated region of the ferritin L-subunit gene (19q13.1) are responsible for the anomalous...
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