[Importance of hereditary haemochromatosis in the care of diabetes mellitus].

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Interactions of iron and carbohydrate metabolism were examined using results of the literature. Special attention was paid to the description of processes involving free radical production because both hereditary haemochromatosis and diabetes mellitus lead to complications by inducing oxidative stress. High levels of blood and tissue glucose produce an excess of electrons. This overload of tissues by electrons...

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