Endocrine Abstracts

In contrast to the conventional view of haemochromatosis as a monogenic disease with autosomal recessive inheritance, more recent evidence form genetic, epidemiological, cell biological and clinical studies, challenges this view. The concept that haemochromatosis is an endocrine disorder of mixed etiology embraces the poylgenic nature of the disease, the low penetrance and the similarities in phenotype of genetic and acquired forms of iron overload. Key to understanding haemoc...