[Hereditary hyperferritinemia cataracts syndrome in a Spanish family caused by the A40G mutation (Paris) in the L-ferritin (FTL) gene associated with the mutation H63D in the HFE gene].

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The cataract-associated increase in serum ferritin without any other data of iron overload is known since 1995 as hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome (HHCS). More than 100 families have been described all around the world with this syndrome and more than 30 mutations in the L-ferritin (FTL) gene. We introduce a family from Madrid (Spain), with the disease phenotype and a genotype with...

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