
#380 Hemochromatosis with Elliot Tapper
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Is Hemochromatosis a Reliable Biomarker of Liver Health?
The most common causes of an elevated ferritin are still going to be alcohol use disorder and metabolic syndrome slash NASH. Hemochromatosis is a super common genetic condition, perhaps the most common autosomal recessive genetic condition but its penetrance is low somewhere between somewhere around 10%.
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