Saturday, December 17, 2011

Vitamin C and iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA).

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

In the study of "Responsiveness to oral iron and ascorbic acid in a patient with IRIDA" by Cau M, Galanello R, Giagu N, Melis MA., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, reported that a female infant homozygous for a loss of function mutation in TMPRSS6 gene, who responded to oral iron therapy when supplemented with ascorbic acid.

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