Dietary Iron Intake and Serum Ferritin Concentration in 213 Patients Homozygous for the HFEC282Y Hemochromatosis Mutation

Victor R Gordeuk; Laura Lovato; James C Barton; Mara Vitolins; Gordon McLaren; Ronald T Acton; Christine McLaren; Emily L Harris; Mark Speechley; John H Eckfeldt; Sharmin Diaz; Phyliss Sholinsky; Paul Adams

doi:10.1155/2012/676824

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2012)

Dietary Iron Intake and Serum Ferritin Concentration in 213 Patients Homozygous for the HFEC282Y Hemochromatosis Mutation

Victor R Gordeuk,
Laura Lovato,
James C Barton,
Mara Vitolins,
Gordon McLaren,
Ronald T Acton,
Christine McLaren,
Emily L Harris,
Mark Speechley,
John H Eckfeldt,
Sharmin Diaz,
Phyliss Sholinsky,
Paul Adams

Affiliations

Victor R Gordeuk: Department of Medicine and Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Laura Lovato: Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
James C Barton: Southern Iron Disorders Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Mara Vitolins: Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Gordon McLaren: Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Ronald T Acton: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Christine McLaren: Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Emily L Harris: Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Mark Speechley: Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
John H Eckfeldt: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sharmin Diaz: Department of Medicine and Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Phyliss Sholinsky: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Paul Adams: Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/676824
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 6
pp. 345 – 349

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: HFEC282Y homozygotes have an increased risk for developing increased iron stores and related disorders. It is controversial whether dietary iron restrictions should be recommended to such individuals.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/

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