Hemochromatosis: advances in molecular genetics and clinical diagnosis.

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Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a human leukocyte antigen-linked inherited disease that is characterized by inappropriately high absorption of iron by the gastrointestinal mucosa. The spectrum of disease presentation is changing with more and more patients now being identified before they are symptomatic with complications of iron overload. A candidate gene for HH, called HFE, was identified in 1996, and a...

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