Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1

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Description
Related genes
Clinical Features
Incidence and onset information
Alternative Names
Researches and researchers
Gene Panels
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Description

Symptomatic form of hemochromatosis type 1 is a rare, hereditary hemochromatosis characterized by inappropriately regulated intestinal iron absorption which leads to excessive iron storage in various organs and manifests with a wide range of signs and symptoms, including abdominal pain, weakness, lethargy, weight loss, elevated serum aminotransferase levels, increase in skin pigmentation, and/or arthropathy in the metacarpophalangeal joints. Other commonly associated manifestations include hepatomegaly, cirrhosis, liver fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, restrictive cardiomyopathy and/or diabetes mellitus.

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Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1

Peripheral neuropathy
Hepatomegaly
Fatigue
Cardiomyopathy
Congestive heart failure
Splenomegaly
Alopecia
Osteoporosis
Hypogonadism
Diabetes mellitus

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
— No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Alternative names

Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1 Is also known as symptomatic form of hfe-related hereditary hemochromatosis, symptomatic form of classic hemochromatosis.

Researches and researchers

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Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1 Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
HFE. By Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory University of Alberta (Canada). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
HFE Mutation Panel. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Hemochromatosis. By Greenwood Genetic Center Diagnostic Laboratories Greenwood Genetic Center (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Hereditary hemochromatosis. By Center for Human Genetics, Inc (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Hemochromatosis. By Molecular Genetics Laboratory Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas "Dr. Cesar Bergada" (Argentina). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
HFE-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis. By UCSF Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory University of California, San Francisco (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Hemochromatosis, C282Y with reflex to H63D. By Knight Diagnostic Laboratories - Molecular Diagnostic Center Oregon Health & Science University (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Hemochromatosis, H63D. By Knight Diagnostic Laboratories - Molecular Diagnostic Center Oregon Health & Science University (United States). HFE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %

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