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Hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome
- Hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome is a disorder characterized by an excess of an iron storage protein called ferritin in the blood (hyperferritinemia) and tissues of ...
- ... FTL gene have been identified in people with hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome. Individuals affected by this disorder have an excess ... eyes (cataracts) in infancy.The mutations that cause hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome are found in a segment of the gene ...
- Cataract (National Library of Medicine)A cataract is a clouding of the lens in your eye. It affects your vision. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans ...
- Iron (National Library of Medicine)What is iron? Iron is a mineral that our bodies need for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells. ...