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Hereditary hemochromatosis should be considered a conformational disorder.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2008
Lawless Matthew W, Mankan Arun K, Norris Suzanne
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a genetic disease associated with iron overload, in which individuals homozygous for the mutant C282Y HFE associated allele are at risk of developing liver disease, diabetes and arthritis. Conformational diseases are a class of disorders associated with the expression of misfolded protein and examples include conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Z alpha 1-antitrypsin...
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