Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Hereditary Hemochromatosis(HH), is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that places the affected individual at increased risk of iron overload. There are several variations of HH, with classical or type 1 Hereditary Hemochromatosis related to mutations C282Y & H63D on the HFE gene, being the most common(Flemming et.al. 2005). Classical Hereditary Hemochromatosis will be the focus…