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Iron Overload and Hemochromatosis

Internet URL

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemochromatosis/  

Sponsoring Agency

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Description

Iron overload is a serious chronic condition that develops when the body absorbs too much iron over many years and excess iron builds up in organ tissues (for example, heart tissue and liver tissue).

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Review Date

4/25/2007