Hemochromatosis 235200602390606069604250
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Definition: Hemochromatosis is a liver disease cased by disturbances of the iron metabolism.
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Camaschella C et al. (2000) The gene TFR2 is mutated in a new type of haemochromatosis mapping to 7q22. Fleming RE et al. (2001) Hepcidin: a putative iron-regulatory hormone relevant to hereditary hemochromatosis and the anemia of chronic disease. Montosi G et al. (2001) Autosomal-dominant hemochromatosis is associated with a mutation in the ferroportin (SLC11A3) gene. Griffiths W et al. (2000) Haemochromatosis: novel gene discovery and the molecular pathophysiology of iron metabolism.