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  Iron overload disease



Iron overload disease

    See hemochromatosis.

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Hemochromatosis
A disorder due to the deposition of hemosiderin in the parenchymal cells, causing tissue damage and dysfunction of the liver, pancreas, heart, and pituitary. Full development of the disease in women is restricted by menstruation, pregnancy, and lower dietary intake of iron. Acquired hemochromatosis may be the result of blood transfusions, excessive dietary iron, or secondary to other disease. Idiopathic or genetic hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism associated with a gene tightly linked to the A locus of the HLA complex on chromosome 6.



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Iron
A mineral in the body that works with protein to make hemoglobin, essential for the blood.

Iron deficiency anemia
A type of hypochromic microcytic anemia caused by low or absent iron stores and serum iron concentration; there is elevated free erythrocyte porphyrin, low transferrin saturation, elevated transferrin, low serum ferritin, and low hemoglobin concentration. Symptoms may include pallor, angular stomatitis and other oral lesions, gastrointestinal complaints, retinal hemorrhages and exudates, and thinning and brittleness of the nails, occasionally leading to spoon nails.

Iron dextran
Iron dextran is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): iron dextran.



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Intolerance
Allergy to a food, drug, or other substance.

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Treatment for infertility in which semen is introduced into the uterus via a slim tube inserted through the vagina.

Intravascular echocardiography
Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization.

Intrinsic asthma
Asthma that has no apparent external cause.

Investigational new drug
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Ischemia
Decreased flow of oxygenated blood to an organ due to obstruction in an artery.

Ischemic colitis
Decreased blood flow to the colon, which causes fever, pain, and bloody diarrhea.

Ischemic heart disease
Coronary artery disease or coronary heart disease caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries and decreased blood flow to the heart.

IgE
IgE ( Immuno globulin E) is the antibody produced in excess in allergic patients. IgE can be measured in a blood sample to determine if a person is allergic. Allergic people usually have high levels of IgE.

Immuno globulin E
Immuno globulin E is the antibody produced in excess in allergic patients. IgE can be measured in a blood sample to determine if a person is allergic. Allergic people usually have high levels of IgE.

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