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Diagnosis and Symptomatology

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Question:

What is hemachromatosis?

Author: Alexandra Jessie Wilson



Answer:

An iron-storage blood disorder.


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Excessive amounts of iron are absorbed from the intestine (or secondary to repeated blood transfusion), leading to iron deposition in parenchymal cells, which results in impairment of organ function.