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[Hyperferritinemia, ferropenia and metabolic syndrome in a patient with a new mutation of gene TFR2 and another in gene FTL. A family study].
Medicina clinica - 11 Jun 2011
Del Castillo-Rueda Alejandro, Moreno-Carralero María Isabel, Cuadrado-Grande Nuria, Méndez Manuel, Morán-Jiménez María Josefa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hyperferritinemia is a common finding in clinical practice. This condition can be congenital or acquired, although it is not always associated with iron overload. Genetic hyperferritinemia is associated with iron overload, hereditary hemochromatosis, or cataracts that progress without iron overload (hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome). Metabolic syndrome is associated with...
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