Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence Following the Initiation of Iron Chelation Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Figure 1

Hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels for a patient with MDS receiving iron chelation therapy. The solid black arrow represents the date at which chelation was initiated and the dashed arrow represents the date of his last red blood cell transfusion. The grey bar indicates the period during which transfusion requirement was 3 red blood cell units every 4 weeks.