Hemochromatosis* / genetics

Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Author/s: 
Cabrera, E., Crespo, G., VanWagner, L.B.

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder that results in unregulated and excessive intestinal iron absorption leading to overabundance of iron deposition in tissue. HH is most common in people of northern European ancestry, for whom the prevalence is 1 case per 300 people.1-3

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