Statistical analysis on severe cases of IDA requiring hospitalization and/or transfusions or parenteral iron could not be performed, given the small number of these patients. Comprising data for all four centers, Figure 3 depicts hospital admissions due to severe IDA. Figure 3. Hospital admission ...
At the age of 12, the patient suffered a parvovirus infection requiring one packed red blood cell transfusion. At the age of 17, a hepatic iron overload screening was begun and performed yearly, with hepatic MRI showing hepatic iron load values between 95–150 µmol/g (normal value < 55...