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Haemochromatosis

How is it diagnosed?

Initial detection of iron overload is by blood tests (transferrin saturation, ferritin). If this is present, mutation analysis for the C282Y mutation identifies those patients with genetic haemochromatosis.

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Medical text written October 2000 by Dr J S Dooley, Hon. Consultant in Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. Last updated October 2005 by Professor M Worwood, Professor and Clinical Scientist, Director of the Graduate School in Biomedical and Life Sciences, Department of Haematology, School of Medicine, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.

 

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