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Medical Oncology • Internal Medicine • Hematology • Pediatric Hematology • Benign Hematology
How do you approach diagnosing a patient with Iron Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA)?
Do you go straight to TMPRSS2 genetic testing or what other lab testing (e.g. hepcidin) could be helpful?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia should be suspected when there is a lack of response to oral iron and only a partial response to intravenous iron. One should make sure there is not a chronic underlying inflammatory process to explain the lack of iron absorption or lack of the expected respons...
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