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Hemosiderosis with diabetes mellitus in untransfused Hemoglobin H disease.
American journal of hematology - 1 Feb 1998
Chim C S, Chan V, Todd D
Abstract excerpt
A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, Cys282Tyr and His68Asp, nor did he have the associated HLA marker (HLA-A3, B7 nor B-14) for the...
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