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Family-based Detection
Summary
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Patients and Their Families
- A hemochromatosis diagnosis identifies a patient who needs treatment
and a family potentially at risk.
- Encouraging hemochromatosis patients to urge family members to have
biochemical tests for iron overload, (fasting transferring saturation and
serum ferritin), is an important disease prevention opportunity.
- Download and print on your letterhead information for patients and
their families:
Genetic Testing
- Genetic testing in families with HFE-associated hemochromatosis
can be particularly useful for determining:
- Who is NOT at increased risk: A family member who has no HFE
mutations has the same risk of developing hemochromatosis as the general
population.
- If iron overloading is genetic: In a person with hemochromatosis,
finding two HFE mutations confirms that iron overloading is
genetic.
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education credit.
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Genetic Testing & Basic Counseling and review.
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