PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Geraldine M. McCarthy
AU  - Conor J. McCarthy
AU  - Dermot Kenny
AU  - John Crowe
AU  - Stephen Eustace
TI  - Hereditary hemochromatosis: A common, often unrecognized, genetic disease
DP  - 2002 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 224--237
VI  - 69
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/3/224.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/3/224.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2002 Mar 01; 69
AB  - Hereditary hemochromatosis in people of northern European descent is more common than many physicians realize. It causes excessive gastrointestinal absorption of iron, leading to potentially fatal iron deposition in multiple organs. Early diagnosis and phlebotomy to reduce iron stores can prevent complications and provide normal life expectancy. Genetic testing of relatives of patients with hemochromatosis is warranted in some circumstances.