Pathogenesis Diagnostics and Treatment of Hereditary Haemochromatosis: A 150 Year-Long Understanding of an Iron Overload Disorder

Pathogenesis Diagnostics and Treatment of Hereditary Haemochromatosis: A 150 Year-Long Understanding of an Iron Overload Disorder

Haemochromatosis is an iron overload disorder that can be inherited or acquired and when diagnosis is delayed, disease progression and death can occur. Iron overload was first described by the French internist Armand Trousseau in 1865 in an article on diabetes in which alterations in skin pigmentati...

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Main Authors: Anastasia Asimakopoulou, Sabine Weiskirchen, Ralf Weiskirchen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Medical Journal 2017-11-01
Series:European Medical Journal
Subjects:
c282y
diagnostics
gene variants
h63d
hepcidin
hereditary haemochromatosis (hh)
iron overload
liver
phlebotomy
therapy
Online Access:https://www.emjreviews.com/hepatology/article/pathogenesis-diagnostics-and-treatment-of-hereditary-haemochromatosis-a-150-year-long-understanding-of-an-iron-overload-disorder/

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