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Fetal and infantile hemochromatosis†
23 Mar 2006
Abstract excerpt
Hemochromatosis is the term coined by Von Recklinghausen in the late 19th century to describe the association of endocrine dysfunction (i.e., diabetes), cirrhosis, and abnormally bronze-colored skin. Observed mainly in adult men,1 it was later determined that abnormal iron deposition in diseased tissues was involved in its pathogenesis and that it was a familial condition. It was not until 1996 that the...
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