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Iron Induced Increase in Red Cell Size in Haemodialysis Patients
- Source :
- QJM: An International Journal of Medicine; July 1979, Vol. 48 Issue: 3 p393-393, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- In a group of haemodialysis patients who were iron loaded secondary to parenteral iron administration a slight but significant increase in red cell size was noted when compared to a normal population. This macrocytosis was not related to serum B<inf>12</inf> or folate levels, or to the reticulocyte count. On stopping iron therapy both mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) values declined significantly as did serum ferritin and iron levels. Bone marrow smears were of normal or increased cellularity. When iron therapy was discontinued there was a steady fall in serum ferritin levels without a drop in haemoglobin values suggesting that the excess iron was available for haemopolesis. These findings suggest that the increase in red cell size in this group of patients may have been induced directly by iron overload.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14602725 and 14602393
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs35907642