Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Anthony S. Tavill
- Preface
- 1 History of iron overload disorders
- 2 Normal iron absorption and metabolism
- 3 Iron toxicity
- 4 Tests for hemochromatosis and iron overload
- 5 Complications of hemochromatosis and iron overload
- 6 Insulin resistance and iron overload
- 7 Infections and immunity
- 8 Classical and atypical HFE hemochromatosis
- 9 Heterozygosity for HFE C282Y
- 10 Porphyria cutanea tarda
- 11 Mitochondrial mutations as modifiers of hemochromatosis
- 12 Hemochromatosis associated with ferroportin gene (SLC40A1) mutations
- 13 Hemochromatosis associated with hemojuvelin gene (HJV) mutations
- 14 Hemochromatosis associated with hepcidin gene (HAMP) mutations
- 15 Hemochromatosis associated with transferrin receptor-2 gene (TFR2) mutations
- 16 Iron overload associated with IRE mutation of ferritin heavy-chain gene (FTH1)
- 17 Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome: IRE mutations of ferritin light-chain gene (FTL)
- 18 Iron overload in Native Africans and African-Americans
- 19 Hereditary atransferrinemia
- 20 Divalent metal transporter-1 (SLC11A2) iron overload
- 21 Iron overload associated with thalassemia syndromes
- 22 Iron overload associated with hemoglobinopathies
- 23 Iron overload associated with pyruvate kinase deficiency
- 24 Iron overload associated with congenital dyserythropoietic anemias
- 25 Hereditary sideroblastic anemias
- 26 Pearson marrow–pancreas syndrome
- 27 Acquired sideroblastic anemias
- 28 Hereditary aceruloplasminemia
- 29 Friedreich ataxia and cardiomyopathy
- 30 Pantothenate kinase (PANK2)-associated neurodegeneration
- 31 Neuroferritinopathies
- 32 GRACILE syndrome
- 33 Neonatal hemochromatosis
- 34 Iron overload due to excessive supplementation
- 35 Localized iron overload
- 36 Management of iron overload
- 37 Population screening for hemochromatosis
- 38 Ethical, legal, and social implications
- 39 Directions for future research
- Index
- Plate section
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Anthony S. Tavill
- Preface
- 1 History of iron overload disorders
- 2 Normal iron absorption and metabolism
- 3 Iron toxicity
- 4 Tests for hemochromatosis and iron overload
- 5 Complications of hemochromatosis and iron overload
- 6 Insulin resistance and iron overload
- 7 Infections and immunity
- 8 Classical and atypical HFE hemochromatosis
- 9 Heterozygosity for HFE C282Y
- 10 Porphyria cutanea tarda
- 11 Mitochondrial mutations as modifiers of hemochromatosis
- 12 Hemochromatosis associated with ferroportin gene (SLC40A1) mutations
- 13 Hemochromatosis associated with hemojuvelin gene (HJV) mutations
- 14 Hemochromatosis associated with hepcidin gene (HAMP) mutations
- 15 Hemochromatosis associated with transferrin receptor-2 gene (TFR2) mutations
- 16 Iron overload associated with IRE mutation of ferritin heavy-chain gene (FTH1)
- 17 Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome: IRE mutations of ferritin light-chain gene (FTL)
- 18 Iron overload in Native Africans and African-Americans
- 19 Hereditary atransferrinemia
- 20 Divalent metal transporter-1 (SLC11A2) iron overload
- 21 Iron overload associated with thalassemia syndromes
- 22 Iron overload associated with hemoglobinopathies
- 23 Iron overload associated with pyruvate kinase deficiency
- 24 Iron overload associated with congenital dyserythropoietic anemias
- 25 Hereditary sideroblastic anemias
- 26 Pearson marrow–pancreas syndrome
- 27 Acquired sideroblastic anemias
- 28 Hereditary aceruloplasminemia
- 29 Friedreich ataxia and cardiomyopathy
- 30 Pantothenate kinase (PANK2)-associated neurodegeneration
- 31 Neuroferritinopathies
- 32 GRACILE syndrome
- 33 Neonatal hemochromatosis
- 34 Iron overload due to excessive supplementation
- 35 Localized iron overload
- 36 Management of iron overload
- 37 Population screening for hemochromatosis
- 38 Ethical, legal, and social implications
- 39 Directions for future research
- Index
- Plate section
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- Handbook of Iron Overload Disorders , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010