Optimizing the diagnosis and the treatment of iron overload diseases.

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A number of human disorders are related to chronic iron overload, either of genetic or acquired origin. The multi-organ damage produced by iron excess leads, in adults and in children, to severe clinical consequences, affecting both quality of life and life expectancy. The diagnosis is increasingly based on a non-invasive strategy, resorting to clinical, biological and imaging data. The treatment rests on either...

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