[Idiopathic hemochromatosis with emphasis on its hereditary characteristics and the HLA system].

The author gives an account of idiopathic haemochromatosis and quotes a case under observation. The main attention in the submitted paper is focused on the relationship of the disease and the HLA system. The investigated patient and his two sons were subjected to HLA typing. In all three subjects antigens HLA-A3, HLA-B7 were found which is consistent with data reported in the literature.