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Gillian Lockitch, Mariya M. Litvinova

A pediatric perspective on hemochromatosis: not just “an old man's disease” Eine pädiatrische Sichtweise der Hämochromatosis: nicht nur ein Altersleiden

Keywords: genetics, hemochromatosis, juvenile, child

Hemochromatosis, once considered to be an autosomal recessive disorder of increased iron absorption, predominantly affecting men after the fourth decade of life, is now known to be a syndrome caused by mutations in at least five different genes, one of which results in an autosomal dominant form of the disease. The most severe form, known as juvenile hemochromatosis, is seen in individuals less than thirty years of age and has been described in a child as young as four years. The pediatric significance of hemochromatosis is discussed.

LaboratoriumsMedizin, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0025-8466
Volume: 30, 03/2006
Pages: 33 - 39

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