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Nontransfusional Iron Overload in Thalassemia: Association With Hereditary Hemochromatosis

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 90; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1182/blood.v90.8.3234

1528-0020

David C. Rees, Lei Luo, Swee Lay Thein, Bhawna Singh, S.N. Wickramasinghe,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

To the Editor : Hemochromatosis is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is manifested by excessive absorption of dietary iron in homozygotes leading to complications of iron overload and premature death.[1][1] In 1996, a candidate gene for hemochromatosis, HLA-H, was isolated.[2][2] A