Mondo Description Hemochromatosis type 2 (juvenile) is the early-onset and most severe form of rare hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), a group of diseases characterized by excessive tissue iron deposition of genetic origin.

Disease Ontology Description A hemochromatosis characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of early onset of severe iron loading with symptoms including; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, cardiomyopathy, arthropathy, and liver fibrosis or cirrhosis.