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African iron overload
rareAfrican iron overload is a rare disorder described in sub-Saharan African populations and is characterized by iron overload due to excess dietary iron intake and possibly genetic factors, leading to hepatic portal fibrosis and micronodular cirrhosis.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0011012 OMIM:601195Orphanet:139507
- Part of
- Hereditary hemochromatosis
- Also known as
- Bantu siderosis · hereditary iron overload and African Americans
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