Article
Hereditary hemochromatosis.
Minerva medica - 1 Dec 2008
Fix O K, Kowdley K V
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) refers to several inherited disorders of iron metabolism leading to tissue iron overload. Classical HH is associated with mutations in HFE (C282Y homozygotes or C282Y/H63D compound heterozygotes) and is almost exclusively found in populations of northern European descent. Non-HFE associated HH is caused by mutations in other recently identified genes involved in iron metabolism....
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