Juvenile Hemochromatosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Akiyoshi Takami (Author), Yasuaki Tatsumi (Author), Katsuhisa Sakai (Author), Yasumichi Toki (Author), Katsuya Ikuta (Author), Yuka Oohigashi (Author), Junko Takagi (Author), Koichi Kato (Author), Kazuhisa Takami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH), type 2A hemochromatosis, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of systemic iron overload due to homozygous mutations of <i>HJV</i> (<i>HFE2</i>), which encodes hemojuvelin, an essential regulator of the hepcidin expression, causing liver fibros...