Article
Hereditary hemochromatosis in north-eastern Romania.
Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi - 1 Jan 2000
Voicu Pia-Manuela, Cojocariu Camelia, Petrescu-Dănilă Elena, Stanciu C, Covic M, Rusu M, Trifan Anca
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Hereditary hemochromatosis is a genetic disturbance of iron metabolism resulting in iron overload in several organs and their functional failure. Early diagnosis is necessary to start a simple and effective therapy: bleeding. It is the most frequent genetic disease in some populations. Our objectives were 1. An estimate of the expectancy of the disease in the population of our geographic region, and...
Topics
- Adult
- Early Diagnosis
- Female
- Ferritins
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemochromatosis Protein
- Heterozygote
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Iron Overload
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
