• Clin Med · Dec 2009

    Case Reports

    Hereditary haemochromatosis: a tale of eight siblings.

    • Shrikant D Pande, Rajkumar Ariyaratnam, and Michael J Burke.
    • Changi General Hospital, Singapore. shrikantpande@yahoo.co.uk
    • Clin Med. 2009 Dec 1; 9 (6): 624626624-6.

    AbstractHereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive condition in which inappropriately excess iron absorption from the intestine results in pathological deposition of iron in the parenchymal cells of organs leading to tissue damage associated with characteristic arthropathy. It is an important cause of joint pain in middle age and early diagnosis and treatment can reduce the long-term complications of the disease.

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