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HEMATOCHROMATOSIS [2 records]

Record 1 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
  • The Pancreas
DEF

An abnormal deposition of hemosiderin in the hepatic cells, causing tissue damage ...

OBS

It is usually an antosomal recessive condition, but is occasionally acquired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
  • Pancréas
DEF

Maladie caractérisée par une surcharge en fer de plusieurs parenchymes, notamment hépatique, transmise sur le mode autosomique récessif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
  • Páncreas
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Record 2 1981-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • The Skin
CONT

(...) secondary hemochromatosis (...) whether related to chronic alcoholism, or to anemia plus iron ingestion, or transfusion, may produce essentially the same clinical and pathological picture as in the classical genetic form in which there is abnormally increased iron absorption from early life.

Key term(s)
  • secondary haemochromatosis
  • secondary hematochromatosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Variété d'hémochromatose liée à une surcharge ferrique d'origine endogène (cirrhose alcoolique, hémopathie) ou exogène (transfusions sanguines répétées).

Key term(s)
  • haemochromatose secondaire
  • hématochromatose secondaire

Spanish

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