The case of a 1-year -old girl with hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-141

  Rochow, Niels ^a,b   Bachmaier, Natalie ^a   Tost, Frank ^a   Beck, James F ^a   Bernig, Toralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral cataracts; Ferritin; Hemochromatosis; HHCS; Iron overload; Transferrin; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITARY HYPERFERRITINEMIA CATARACT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMANY; INFANT;

CATARACT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIGREE;

EID: 67651159007     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010902754842     Document Type: Article

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