Thread: Ferritin level
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Old Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:30 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Iron overload
Hi Vikasgoyal,
It is common to start iron chelation if the patient has low risk MDS like your father. He probably has many years before him. Chelation can start when the ferritin value is more than 1000.
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Birgitta-A
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