Article
Rare types of genetic hemochromatosis.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2009
Camaschella Clara, Poggiali Erika
Abstract excerpt
Most types of genetic hemochromatosis are due to mutations in the HFE gene, although similar iron overload and organ damage can also result from mutations in genes other than HFE in rare types of hemochromatosis. Non-HFE hemochromatoses have been divided into two subgroups with distinctive features. The first includes juvenile and TFR2-related hemochromatoses that, similar to HFE hemochromatosis, show recessive...
Topics
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemochromatosis Protein
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Ferroportin