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Clinical, biochemical and molecular findings in a series of families with hereditary hyperferritinaemia-cataract syndrome.
British journal of haematology - 1 Nov 2001
Girelli D, Bozzini C, Zecchina G, Tinazzi E, Bosio S, Piperno A, Ramenghi U, Peters J, Levi S, Camaschella C, Corrocher R
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hyperferritinaemia-cataract syndrome (HHCS) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in the iron responsive element (IRE) of the l-ferritin gene. Despite the elucidation of the genetic basis, the overall clinical spectrum of HHCS has been less well studied as, to date, only individual case reports have been described. Therefore, we studied a total of 62 patients in 14 unrelated families,...
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