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Hemochromatosis (Iron Overload) (cont.)

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Author: Saimak T. Nabili, MD, MPH

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

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Pippard, MJ. Detection of iron overload. Lancet 1997; 349:73.

Milward, EA, Baines, SK, Knuiman, MW, et al. Noncitrus Fruits as Novel Dietary Environmental Modifiers of Iron Stores in People With or Without HFE Gene Mutations. Mayo Clin Proc 2008; 83:543.

Fletcher, LM, Dixon, JL, Purdie, DM, Powell, LW. Excess Alcohol Greatly Increases the Prevalence of Cirrhosis in Hereditary Hemochromatosis. Gastroenterology 2002; 122:281.

Edwards, CQ, Griffen, LM, Goldgar, D, et al. Prevalence of hemochromatosis among 11,065 presumably healthy blood donors. N Engl J Med 1988; 318:1355.

Phatak, P, Bonkovsky, HL, Kowdley, K. Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Time for targeted screening. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:270-272.

Harrison's Principles on Internal Medicine, 1998


Last Editorial Review: 6/5/2009

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