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A child with severe iron-deficiency anemia and a complex TMPRSS6 genotype.
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Oct 2017
Capra Anna Paola, Ferro Elisa, Cannavò Laura, La Rosa Maria Angela, Zirilli Giuseppina
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OBJECTIVES: We report a case of a 7-year-old girl with severe hypochromic microcytic anemia, who was unresponsive to classical iron supplements. We suspected IRIDA, iron-refractory iron-deficiency anemia, a genetic iron metabolism disorder, caused by TMPRSS6 variations. TMPRSS6 encodes matriptase-2, a negative regulator of hepcidin, and its pathological variants are related to normal to high levels of hepcidin....
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