Talk:Transfusion hemosiderosis

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doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06695.x - myocardial iron overload seems to take longer to develop, but does not correlate with ferritin and severity of hepatic iron loading. JFW | T@lk 05:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanism

Why does this happen? What is the process/mechanism that leads to elevated iron levels?ZFT (talk) 03:05, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ZFT! I've clarified that it is caused by frequent blood transfusions (with reference). Thanks! Bibeyjj (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bibeyjj, what I don't understand is how blood transfusions lead to excess iron. ZFT (talk) 03:47, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added a little bit about the mechanism. Let me know if I can clarify anything. Larry Hockett (Talk) 04:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]