Aceruloplasminemia: a rare disease - diagnosis and treatment of two cases.

Autor: Roberti Mdo R; Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG, Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Borges Filho HM, Gonçalves CH, Lima FL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia [Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter] 2011; Vol. 33 (5), pp. 389-92.
DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20110104
Abstrakt: Aceruloplasminemia is a rare autosomal recessive disease in which a mutation leads to the absence or dysfunction of ceruloplasmin. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to the accumulation of iron in various organs; aceruloplasminemia is usually characterized by diabetes, retinal degeneration and neurological disorders. Diagnosis is suspected by the presence of elevated levels of ferritin, anemia, decreased serum copper and absence of ceruloplasmin in serum. Treatment of aceruloplasminemia is mainly based on the control of iron overload.
Databáze: MEDLINE