Abstract
Haemochromatosis is a genetic disease associated with progressive systemic iron overload causing multi system injury. This has been widely reported among the people of Northern European origin with the common mutations being C282Y and H63D. However, this is rare and under reported in the Asian subcontinent. We report a reformed alcoholic patient with worsening liver disease having Haemochromatosis, negative for common mutations despite abstinence
Keywords: Alcohol; Haemochromatosis; Liver disease.
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Corresponding Author
M. J. Vinod Kumar
Department of General Medicine, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore- 560 024, Karnataka, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i10.06
