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Hyperferritinemia and non-HFE hemochromatosis: differential diagnosis and workup.
Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica - 1 Jan 2000
Lommaert E, Verlinden W, Duysburgh I, Holvoet T, Schouten J
Abstract excerpt
Hyperferritinemia is a common reason for referral to a hepatogastroenterologist. The most frequent causes are not associated with iron overload (e.g. inflammatory diseases, alcohol abuse, metabolic syndrome, etc.). However, hyperferritinemia can also be caused by a genetic variant in one of the iron regulatory genes, called hereditary hemochromatosis, often but not always associated with iron overload. A...
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