Advances in Hematology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 164045, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/164045
Case Report
Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence Following the Initiation of Iron Chelation Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
1Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z4, Canada
2Department of Hematology, St. Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6Z2A5, Canada
Received 2 November 2009; Revised 11 January 2010; Accepted 18 January 2010
Academic Editor: Elizabeta Nemeth
Copyright © 2010 Maha A. Badawi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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