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Osteoporosis in HFE2 juvenile hemochromatosis. A case report and review of the literature.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Jan 2006
Angelopoulos Nicholas G, Goula Anastasia K, Papanikolaou George, Tolis George
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH) is a severe form of hemochromatosis, which involves rapid iron overload and leads to organ damage, typically before the age of 30. We report a single case of a 25-year-old man suffering from juvenile hemochromatosis, with aggressive clinical manifestations, typically characterized by transaminasemia and progressive erectile dysfunction, due to hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. The...
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