Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 790-794 , July 2008

High Prevalence of Iron Overload in Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Survivors

  • Navneet S. Majhail

      Affiliations

    • Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Navneet S. Majhail, MD, MS, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 480, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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  • Todd DeFor

      Affiliations

    • Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Hillard M. Lazarus

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Linda J. Burns

      Affiliations

    • Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 April 2008.

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    Relation between liver iron concentration and ferritin (A) and transferrin saturation (B) (ρ is the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient). Liver iron concentration was estimated using R2 MRI in pat

    Relation between liver iron concentration and ferritin (A) and transferrin saturation (B) (ρ is the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient). Liver iron concentration was estimated using R2 MRI in patients with ferritin >1000 ng/mL.

PII: S1083-8791(08)00153-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.04.009

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 790-794 , July 2008