601f9fde_Adverse_Transfusion_Reactions__Definition
[Type of Reaction] Iron overload Occurs in chronically transfused patients (> 20 units per lifetime) [Symptoms] • Interference with heart, liver or endocrine gland function • Hepatic failure • Cardiac toxicity [Definition] 
Accumulation of iron and no physiologic means of excretion
Adverse Transfusion Reactions
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