[Genetic iron overloads and hepatic insulin-resistance iron overload syndrome: an update].

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Hepcidin inhibits intestinal absorption of iron through internalisation of ferroportin. Its discovery helps to better understand the genetic iron overloads. The insulin resistance-hepatic iron overload (IR-HIO)--also coined as the dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome--is a common cause or iron overload. This article is a review about genetic iron overloads and IR-HIO. Type 1 haemochromatosis C282Y +/+ accounts for...

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