Juvenile Hemochromatosis due to a Homozygous Variant in the HJV Gene

• Main Authors: María-Belén (Author), Manuel Méndez (Author), María-Isabel (Author), Ana-María (Author), José-Manuel (Author), María-José (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hemochromatosis type 2 or juvenile hemochromatosis has an early onset of severe iron overload resulting in organ manifestation such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, cardiomyopathy, arthropathy, hypogonadism, diabetes, osteopathic medicine, and thyroid abnormality, before age of 30. Juvenile hemochromat...