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Hemochromatosis. how do you get hemochromatosis?
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Inherited: Inherited disorder of any one of a number of genes that are involved in iron transport and storage. The vast majority of hemochromatosis is type ! a point mutation in the hfe gene, (c282y) on the short arm of chromosome 6.
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