Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis in Newly Referred Diabetes Mellitus.

Aims: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common inherited disease in European populations. It is particularly common in people of Irish heritage, approximately 2% of whom will be at risk of iron overload as a result of human homoeostatic iron regulator protein () gene mutations. We aimed to evaluate the utility of screening for HH in newly referred patients with DM of Irish heritage in a prospective study.