Iron overload in mild sideroblastic anaemias.

Life-threatening iron overload may occur without severe anaemia in patients with sideroblastic disorders. Assessment of erythroid expansion in bone-marrow aspirates may be as useful as ferrokinetic studies in predicting both the risk of iron loading and the need for prophylactic phlebotomy or iron-c...

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Main Authors: Peto, T, Pippard, M, Weatherall, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1983