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What is your approach to iron supplementation when ferritin levels remain stagnant despite reported good compliance?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Weill Cornell Medical College
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This is a really good question. From my reading of the literature, there seems to be an association between a low ferritin level and restless legs syndrome. Not true iron deficiency as defined by a low transferrin saturation, anemia, or a low MCV. I could not find any definitive evidence for a cause...

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