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For pediatric patients with iron overload (high ferritin and transferrin saturation), do you perform HFE screening first, or proceed to non-HFE gene sequencing upfront to evaluate for HJV mutation as well?

Especially considering that family history is not fully available.

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In what clinical scenario would you consider liver transplant evaluation for a patient with sickle cell hepatopathy?

And should this be considered in conjunction with or sequentially with a bone marrow transplant as the actual cure for underlying hematologic disease?

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What parameters would you use to monitor and interpret iron levels in a hemochromatosis patient where ferritin is unreliable due to underlying chronic inflammation?

How would your recommendation change if the patient has H63 homozygous mutation?

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What is your standard diagnostic workup to confirm GVHD in a patient post-BMT with skin rash and jaundice?

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