Sentences with phrase «excess iron accumulation»

Overloading the body with iron can be dangerous because excess iron accumulation can damage your liver and cause other complications.

A decade ago, they also identified a relationship between ALS and excess iron accumulation when they found that 30 percent of ALS patients in their clinic carried a variant of a gene known as HFE that is associated with iron overload disease.

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It may also include the accumulation of toxic metals like mercury, cadmium and excess iron in the pancreas, liver and elsewhere.