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Figure 1a: Histology of the heart and liver showing severe iron loading (20x magnification; Prussian blue). 1b: MRI scans before and after transplantation. The markedly attenuated T2-weighted signal intensity of heart and liver revert to normal post-transplant
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Transferrin saturation was 97%, serum ferritin >1500 ng/ml, and MRI scan by T2* method showed severe iron deposition in liver (7 msec; normal > 19) and heart (10 msec; normal > 20) (Figure 1).
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