Purpose: The recent discovery of the HFE gene and its association with hereditary hemochromatosis has renewed the attention directed to iron-overload diseases. Population screening for hereditary ...

Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inherited iron overload disorder caused by inappropriately low hepcidin secretion leading to increased duodenal absorption of dietary iron, most commonly in C282Y ...

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is the first in the world to allow people with an inherited iron blood disorder called ...

Most clinical cases of hereditary hemochromatosis occur in people who are homozygous for the C282Y mutation in the HFE gene; people who are "compound heterozygotes" (i.e., heterozygous for each of ...

Hemochromatosis is a condition that causes an overload of iron in the blood. Many people do not show any symptoms, but some experience fatigue and joint pain. It can either be inherited or caused ...

I was diagnosed with Hemochromatosis in 1979. But my story pales in comparison to the many folks I have met on the Net who have been diagnosed with iron overloading from genetic Hemochromatosis.

Discover top medications for 'treating Hemochromatosis (Iron Overload)'? This page compiles essential information on generic and brand-name drugs specifically used for Hemochromatosis (Iron ...