A homozygous HAMP mutation in a multiply consanguineous family with pseudo-dominant juvenile hemochromatosis.

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Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH) is an autosomal recessive condition that leads to significant morbidity due to early onset systemic iron overload. The majority of families with JH link to chromosome 1q and were recently found to have mutations in the HFE2 gene encoding hemojuvelin; however, several JH families have been reported to have mutations in the HAMP gene encoding hepcidin. Here, we report a multiply...

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