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Hematologists are often consulted to assist in the diagnosis and management of patients with hemochromatosis. In general, hematologists have considered primary (hereditary hemochromatosis) and secondary (iron-loading anemias) disorders in their differential for iron overload. These two categories are clinically and pathophysiologically distinct. Furthermore, hereditary hemochromatosis can be clinically and molecularly heterogeneous.
A multidisciplinary working group from the International Society for the Study of Iron in Biology and Medicine (BIOIRON) proposed a novel hemochromatosis classification scheme intended to be more user friendly for practicing clinicians. The classification includes four groups based on molecular patterns, as follo…