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[Hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome associated to the HFE gene mutation. Two new Spanish families and a new mutation (A37T: "Zaragoza")].
Medicina clinica - 10 Jun 2006
García Erce José Antonio, Cortés Teresa, Cremonesi Laura, Cazzola Mario, Pérez-Lungmus Gonzalo, Giralt Manual
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Nuclear congenital cataracts associated with hyperferritinemia--hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome (HHCS)--without clinical or biochemical signs of iron overload have been recently described in several Spanish families. This HHCS is associated with mutations in the gene of ferritin subunit L, located in chromosome 19. We describe 2 new families with HHCS, one of them...
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