What is hemochromatosis?238 CLEVELAND CL IN IC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE VOLUME 69 • NUMBER 3 MARCH 2002 Hemochromatosis is a disorder in which the body absorbs too much iron

What is hereditary haemochromatosis? Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a treatable inherited condition where the body absorbs too much iron from the diet. When too much

Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Are We Ready for Population Screening?Epidemiology David Melzer Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Exeter, UK & University

ANNALS O F CLINICAL AND LABORATORY SCIENCE, Vol. 28, No. 5 Copyright © 1998, Institute for Clinical Science, Inc. Hereditary Hemochromatosis* ERNEST M. WALKER, JR. M.D.,

Iron is vital to health Iron is an essential mineral used in many bodily processes. It is needed to form haemoglobin, a substance in the red blood cells that takes up oxygen

HemochromatosisFrom the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pa- thology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Hemochromatosis Michael S. Torbenson, MD, and Lori A. Erickson, MD

Hereditary HemochromatosisProcedures addressed The inclusion of any procedure code in this table does not imply that the code is under management or requires prior authorization.

Haemochromatosis Information__________________________________________________________________________________ Prepared by: Sue Levin Effective Date: 07/07/2008 Page 1 of

THE MOST COMMON FORM of hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) is caused by alterations in the HFE gene. This is an autosomal recessive condition with reduced penetrance causing

doi:10.1086/3023181056 Multicentric Origin of Hemochromatosis Gene (HFE) Mutations J. Rochette,1,* J. J. Pointon,2,* C. A. Fisher,3 G. Perera,4,† M. Arambepola,4 D.