European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis

Guidelines

EASL

Update of the guideline on haemochromatosis by the European Association for the Study of the Liver:
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on haemochromatosis.

European Association for the Study of the Liver.J Hepatol. 2022 Aug;77(2):479-502. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.03.033. Epub 2022 Jun 1.PMID: 35662478

ACG

Guideline by the American College of Gastroenterology:

ACG Clinical Guideline: Hereditary Hemochromatosis.

Kowdley KV, Brown KE, Ahn J, Sundaram V.Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Aug;114(8):1202-1218. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000315.PMID: 31335359 Review.

HI Taskforce

From the taskforce of Hemochromatosis International:

Therapeutic recommendations in HFE hemochromatosis for p.Cys282Tyr (C282Y/C282Y) homozygous genotype.

Adams P, Altes A, Brissot P, Butzeck B, Cabantchik I, Cançado R, Distante S, Evans P, Evans R, Ganz T, Girelli D, Hultcrantz R, McLaren G, Marris B, Milman N, Nemeth E, Nielsen P, Pineau B, Piperno A, Porto G, Prince D, Ryan J, Sanchez M, Santos P, Swinkels D, Teixeira E, Toska K, Vanclooster A, White D; Contributors and Hemochromatosis International Taskforce. Hepatol Int. 2018 Mar;12(2):83-86. doi: 10.1007/s12072-018-9855-0. Epub 2018 Mar 27.PMID: 29589198

FMS

2018 Update of the guideline from the Dutch Federation of Medical Specialists (FMS), in cooperation with the Dutch Hemochromatosis Association (HVN): htpps://richtlijnendatabase.nl/richtlijn/hereditaire_hemochromatose-hh/diagnostiek.html                                                                                             

The guideline is in Dutch, but can be translated.

EMQN

Comparison of international guidelines on hemochromatosis of the European Molecular Genetics Quality Network:

EMQN best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH).

Porto G, Brissot P, Swinkels DW, Zoller H, Kamarainen O, Patton S, Alonso I, Morris M, Keeney S.Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 Apr;24(4):479-95. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.128. Epub 2015 Jul 8.PMID: 26153218

HUK

2025 Genetic Haemochromatosis. A Patient-Centred Care Guideline from Haemochromatosis UK.

www.haemochromatosis.org.uk/clinical-guidelines

BASL/BSG SIG

2025 SIG – Venesection Best Practice Guide from the BASL (British Association for the Study of the Liver) and BSG (British Society of Gastroenterology) Special Interest Group.

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