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Hereditary haemochromatosis.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2009
Janssen M C H, Swinkels D W
Abstract excerpt
Haemochromatosis should currently refer to hereditary iron overload disorders presenting with a definite and common phenotype characterised by normal erythropoiesis, increased transferrin saturation and ferritin and primarily parenchymal iron deposition related to innate low (but normally regulated) production of the hepatic peptide hormone hepcidin. Since the discovery of the haemochromatosis gene (HFE) in 1996,...
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