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Hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels for a patient with MDS receiving iron chelation therapy. The solid black arrow represents the date at which chelation was initiated and the dashed arrow represents the date of his last red blood cell transfusion. The grey bar indicates the period during which transfusion requirement was 3 red blood cell units every 4 weeks.
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Hemoglobin and ferritin levels are shown in Figure 1.The patient reports excellent energy and a significantly improved quality of life.