Quality of life scores differs between genotypic groups of patients with suspected hereditary hemochromatosis

• Main Authors: Paula Fernanda Silva Fonseca (Author), Rodolfo Delfini Cançado (Author), Flavio Augusto Naoum (Author), Carla Luana Dinardo (Author), Guilherme Henrique Hencklain Fonseca (Author), Sandra Fatima Menosi Gualandro (Author), José Eduardo Krieger (Author), Alexandre Costa Pereira (Author), Pierre Brissot (Author), Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) encompasses a group of autosomal recessive disorders mainly characterized by enhanced intestinal absorption of iron and its accumulation in parenchymal organs. HH diagnosis is based on iron biochemical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessmen...