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If your serum Fe is below 1000, then you can experience more side effects with desferal.
Also, John's BM cannot handle full phlebotomies either. So instead of getting 500 ml removed monthly, he get 250 ml removed every other month.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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