Type 3 hereditary hemochromatosis in a patient from sub-Saharan Africa: is there a link between African iron overload and TFR2 dysfunction?

Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2013 Jan;50(1):31-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2012.08.007. Epub 2012 Sep 11.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Africa South of the Sahara
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anemia, Sideroblastic / genetics*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Hemochromatosis / genetics*
  • Hemochromatosis / pathology
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Receptors, Transferrin / deficiency
  • Receptors, Transferrin / genetics*
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • Receptors, Transferrin
  • TFR2 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Bantu siderosis
  • Hemochromatosis, type 3