| Literature DB >> 23049448 |
Paulo Caleb Júnior de Lima Santos1, Carla Luana Dinardo, Rodolfo Delfini Cançado, Isolmar Tadeu Schettert, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira.
Abstract
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive disorder classically related to HFE mutations. However, since 1996, it is known that HFE mutations explain about 80% of HH cases, with the remaining around 20% denominated non-HFE hemochromatosis. Nowadays, four main genes are implicated in the pathophysiology of clinical syndromes classified as non-HFE hemochromatosis: hemojuvelin (HJV, type 2Ajuvenile HH), hepcidin (HAMP, type 2B juvenile HH), transferrin receptor 2 (TFR2, type 3 HH) and ferroportin (SLC40A1, type 4 HH). The aim of this review is to explore molecular, clinical and management aspects of non-HFE hemochromatosis.Entities:
Keywords: Hemochromatosis; Iron metabolism disorders; Iron overload
Year: 2012 PMID: 23049448 PMCID: PMC3460409 DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120079
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter ISSN: 1516-8484