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Diabetes in HFE Hemochromatosis.
Journal of diabetes research - 1 Jan 2017
Barton James C, Acton Ronald T
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes in whites of European descent with hemochromatosis was first attributed to pancreatic siderosis. Later observations revealed that the pathogenesis of diabetes in HFE hemochromatosis is multifactorial and its clinical manifestations are heterogeneous. Increased type 2 diabetes risk in HFE hemochromatosis is associated with one or more factors, including abnormal iron homeostasis and iron overload,...
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