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A child with hyperferritinemia: Case report

Hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome (HHCS) is a rare condition caused by mutations in the gene coding for the light chain of ferritin; it does not lead to iron overload, but it is associated with the risk of developing a bilateral nuclear cataract also in childhood. On the contrary, a rai...

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Autores principales: Serra, Melania, Longo, Filomena, Roetto, Antonella, Sandri, Alessandro, Piga, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-37-20