[Detection of hereditary hemochromatosis].

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Hereditary hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders. The prognosis of hemochromatosis is normal when phlebotomy therapy is started prior to manifestation of cirrhosis or diabetes. High ferritin is not always a marker of iron overload and ferritin must thus be coupled with transferrin saturation. Only high transferrin saturation entails a genetic research (HFE or type 1). The identification of...

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