Primary Acquired Sideroblastic Anaemia: Response to Treatment with Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate
- 17 February 1973
- Vol. 1 (5850) , 389-390
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5850.389
Abstract
A 72-year-old woman with primary sideroblastic anaemia showed no response to treatment with pyridoxine. When she was given pyridoxal-5-phosphate there was a prompt reticulocyte response and sustained symptomatic improvement with satisfactory control of the anaemia.Keywords
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