title: Hemochromatosis.
abstract: The mainstay of treatment for hemochromatosis is therapeutic phlebotomy. The procedure is safe, effective, and relatively cheap. Deferoxamine (iron chelation) is necessary only in iron-loaded individuals who cannot undergo therapeutic phlebotomy. If therapy is initiated before complications develop, it is expected that no complications will ever develop.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110-0150.
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bacon