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Mutations in TMPRSS6 cause iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA)
Finberg KE, Heeney MM, Campagna DR, Aydınok Y, Pearson HA, Hartman KR, Mayo MM, Samuel SM, Strouse JJ, Markianos K, Andrews NC, Fleming MD. Mutations in TMPRSS6 cause iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA). Nature Genetics 2008, 40: 569-571. PMID: 18408718, PMCID: PMC3104019, DOI: 10.1038/ng.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIron-refractory iron deficiency anemiaIron deficiency anemia refractoryChronic blood lossOral iron therapyInadequate dietary intakeIron deficiency anemiaIron regulatory hormone hepcidinSystemic iron homeostasisAnemia refractoryIron therapyBlood lossDeficiency anemiaDietary intakeType II transmembrane serine proteaseTransmembrane serine proteaseHormone hepcidinIron deficiencyGermline mutationsTMPRSS6Iron homeostasisSerine proteasesAnemiaTherapyHepcidinMutations
2014
Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA)
Heeney MM, Finberg KE. Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA). Hematology/Oncology Clinics Of North America 2014, 28: 637-652. PMID: 25064705, DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2014.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsIron deficiency anemiaIron-refractory iron deficiency anemiaDeficiency anemiaChronic blood lossOral iron supplementationParenteral iron therapyInadequate dietary intakeSingle clinical entitySystemic iron homeostasisIron therapyBlood lossClinical featuresClinical entityIron supplementationDietary intakeAnemiaMultiple family membersCommon global problemTMPRSS6 geneRecent genetic studiesFamily membersIron homeostasisEtiologyTherapyIntake