Nontransfusional Iron Overload in Thalassemia: Association With Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Abstract

To the Editor : Hemochromatosis is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is manifested by excessive absorption of dietary iron in homozygotes leading to complications of iron overload and premature death.[1][1] In 1996, a candidate gene for hemochromatosis, HLA-H, was isolated.[2][2] A