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#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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