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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
Seventy-three patients with hereditary spherocytosis (HS) (58 nonsplenectomized, 15 splenectomized) were studied to evaluate iron status and the adequacy of iron availability for erythropoiesis. Splenectomized patients, who had hemoglobin levels in the normal or upper normal range, had higher levels of serum iron, transferrin saturation, and serum ferritin than normal matched controls and normal zinc protoporphyrin (ZnPP) levels. On the contrary, nonsplenectomized patients presenting with mild to severe anemia had higher red cell ZnPP concentrations than both splenectomized subjects and matched normal controls. ZnPP in nonsplenectomized patients correlated inversely with Hb concentration, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean red cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), transferrin saturation, and serum iron, and directly with reticulocyte count. At multiple regression analysis only Hb concentration was a significant explanatory variable for high ZnPP. The authors conclude that a number of nonsplenectomized HS patients have relative iron deficiency primarily because of expansion of erythropoiesis caused by anemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0361-8609
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Relative iron deficiency in hereditary spherocytosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia dei Trapianti, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't