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The hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome: a family study.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2010
Álvarez-Coca-González Javier, Moreno-Carralero María-Isabel, Martínez-Pérez Jorge, Méndez Manuel, García-Ros Marta, Morán-Jiménez María-Josefa
Abstract excerpt
Ferritin is an acute-phase reactant that is elevated in the course of infectious, inflammatory, autoimmune, and oncological diseases and the hemophagocytic syndrome. In asymptomatic patients, isolated hyperferritinemia may be due to different causes depending on whether or not it is accompanied by iron overload. Hyperferritinemia values above 300 ng/ml and an excess of body iron levels may be indicative of...
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