My understanding is that it can have to do with bone marrow failure. On both my BMB's I had no marrow iron stores, but my blood counts are fine for iron. My CNP told me it was because of the MDS. I don't really understand it, maybe someone else here will.
Zoe
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Diagnosed MDS-RA 5q- at age 47 (November 2006). Aranesp 2/07, good response.
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