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To the Editor: Hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive disorder of iron overload caused by a mutation of the HFE gene on the short arm of chromosome 6. The principal clinical features are diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, hypogonadism, and cardiac failure,^1,2 and the age at clinical presentation is usually 40 years or older.¹ We report a case of acute liver failure after iron supplementation in the setting of unrecognized hemochromatosis.

A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a two-day history of jaundice, asthenia, hypercholuria, and hypocholia. The patient had been well until two months before admission, when she began . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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