| About the author |
| Peter Whittington with his sister, Dr Chris Whittington, a clinical associate professor of family practice at the University of British Columbia, a past president of the British Columbia College of Family Physicians, an acknowledged expert on hereditary hemochromatosis, maintains http://www.ironic-health.com, a site devoted to information about hemochromatosis, the iron overload blood disorder. Peter and Dr Whittington can be contacted at admin@ironic-health.com | |
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| (Published: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:25:01 -0600) |
| Who gets Hemochromatosis? |
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common form of hemochromatosis. It is predominately a disorder of persons of northern European extraction. In this form of hemochromatosis patients are most commonly homozygous for (carry two copies of) the C282Y mutation of the HFE gene.
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| What is Hemochromatosis? |
Hemochromatosis (HE-mo-kro-ma-TOE-sis) is a disease in which too much iron builds up in your body
Hereditary Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder of persons of northern European extraction. Most people with hemochromatosis inherit the condition from their parents. If you |
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