Hereditary Hemochromatosis
An Algorithmic Approach to Diagnosis
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
January 2009
Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common inherited disease in the United States. It results in increased intestinal absorption of iron and excess iron deposition in liver, pancreas, heart, and other tissues. There is no normal physiologic process to facilitate elimination of iron that accumulates in hemochromatosis except by blood loss through pregnancy, menstruation, phlebotomy, or trauma.
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- Introduction
- Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Normal Iron Absorption and Distribution
- Iron Overload Absorption and Distribution
- Iron Uptake, Preservation and Elimination
- Duodenum
- Iron Absorption and Transport by Intestinal Epithelium
- Iron Absorption and Transport by Intestinal Epithelium
- Hemochromatosis-Related Iron Accumulation
- Iron Absorption, Conservation and Transport by Hepatocyte
- Iron Absorption, Conservation and Transport in Hemochromatosis
- Effect of Hemochromatosis on Duodenal Crypt Cell
- Iron Absorption, Conservation and Transport in Hemochromatosis
- Clinical Presentation
- Clinical Presentation
- Hemochromatosis - Clinical Syndrome
- Laboratory Diagnosis: Serum Testing
- HFE Gene
- Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Inheritance
- Genetic Testing
- Diagnostic Testing Algorithm
- Hemochromatosis - Gross Liver
- Hemochromatosis - Liver Microscopic
- Laboratory Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Summary
- Questions?
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