Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly; cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably akin to 1st stalk.] 1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. --Shak.
In the case of hemochromatosis, it is believed that a single individual in Europe, 60 to 70 generations ago, was the sole origin of most of the hemochromatosis seen in the world today.
The exact cause of neonatal hemochromatosis is unknown. There are two schools of thought: one hypothesizes that injury to the liver causes abnormal handling of iron by the liver; the other hypothesizes that the abnormal handling of iron by the liver leads to liver injury and failure.