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Systematic evaluation of paediatric cohort with iron refractory iron deficiency anaemia (IRIDA) phenotype reveals multiple TMPRSS6 gene variations.
British journal of haematology - 1 Apr 2017
Bhatia Prateek, Singh Aditya, Hegde Avani, Jain Richa, Bansal Deepak
Abstract excerpt
Systematic screening identified patients with an iron refractory iron deficiency anaemia (IRIDA) phenotype and genotype in iron-deficient children in the Indian subcontinent. Cases of moderate to severe microcytosis and anaemia with no obvious cause and normal C-reactive protein, HbA2 and tissue transglutaminase antibody levels (n = 550) were put on a trial of oral iron for 4 weeks. Sixty of these 550 cases (11%)...
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