Dergiler / Göztepe Tıp Dergisi / 2003 / Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 4

Nörolojik tutulum ile tanı konulan hemokromatozis

A hemochromatosis which diagnosed by neurologic signs

Sema AKINCI, Bülent AKINCI

Sayfa
236–237
DOI
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Abstract

Hemochromatosis is a disease due to excessive storage of iron in the body that would lead to functional disorders in many organs (liver, pancreas, myocardium, hypophysis etc.). This disease can both be seen as a secondary to excessive iron-intake or repeated transfusions, and it can also have primary form inherited autosomal recessive. The primary form of this disease, which has an incidence of % 0.3 in community, is presented with the following case.