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Natural history of juvenile haemochromatosis.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 2002
De Gobbi Marco, Roetto Antonella, Piperno Alberto, Mariani Raffaella, Alberti Federica, Papanikolaou George, Politou Marianna, Lockitch Gillian, Girelli Domenico, Fargion Silvia, Cox Thimoty M, Gasparini Paolo, Cazzola Mario, Camaschella Clara
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile haemochromatosis or haemochromatosis type 2 is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which causes iron overload at a young age, affects both sexes equally and is characterized by a prevalence of hypogonadism and cardiopathy. Patients with haemochromatosis type 2 have been reported in different ethnic groups. Linkage to chromosome 1q has been established recently, but the gene remains unknown. We report the...
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