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How often should you repeat iron testing in patients with hemochromatosis, not on phlebotomy?

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Hematology · Georgetown University School of Medicine
I can't think of a reason in the world to not do phlebotomy either therapeutically or through donation until TSAT is around 30 and ferritin is <100. I try to keep my hemochromatosis patients low, not high normal because the propensity for high TSATs makes subclinical deposition easy. I don't think t...

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