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Old Sat Nov 14, 2009, 06:52 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Iron chelation and red blood cells

Hi Marlene,
There has been much discussion about iron chelation in MDS. As far as I understand the reseachers that think that chelation is important know more about the effect on immature red blood cells:
http://ash.confex.com/ash/2009/webpr...aper23215.html

I tried Exjade 1000 mg/day and the drug prolonged my transfusion interval from 3 to 6 weeks but my white blood cells decreased so I had to stop the medication .
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Birgitta-A
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