Increased Bone Marrow Iron Scores Are Strongly Correlated With Elevated Serum Ferritin Levels and Poorer Survival in Patients With Iron Overload That Underwent Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

This study showed that increased bone marrow iron content might predict poor survival in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients and that bone marrow evaluations prior to transplantation would be a valuable method to diagnose IO.

Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - August 22, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Serdar Sivgin, Sinan Nazlim, Gokmen Zararsiz, Osman Baspinar, Leylagul Kaynar, Kemal Deniz, Mustafa Cetin, Ali Unal, Bulent Eser Tags: Original Study Source Type: research