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Digenic hemochromatosis

ORPHA:648581· ICD-10 E83.1

Definition

A rare subtype of hemochromatosis characterized by the combination of pathogenic variants in two genes involved in iron metabolism (usually a combination of HFE and non-HFE mutations), where the classical HFE-related hemochromatosis is not enough to fully explain the clinical picture of the patient.