richard,
please could you tell us what this book says?
many thanks in advance,
joseph
Dr Joseph Watine, PH, AIHP, PharmD, AAHU, EurClinChem
Laboratoire de Biologie Polyvalente
Centre Hospitalier Général
12027 Rodez Cedex 9
France
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:28:41 +0100
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Monitoring haemochromatosis treatment
To: [log in to unmask]
See also page 66 in :
Liver Disease and Laboratory Medicine. I. McFarlane, A. Bomford, and R. Sherwood. London: ACB Venture Publications, 2000.
with best wishes
Richard
Richard Mainwaring-Burton
Consultant Biochemist
Queen Mary's Hospital
Sidcup, Kent
020-8308-3084
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From: Joseph WATINE [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 April 2008 14:12
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Subject: Re: Monitoring haemochromatosis treatment
In France, the guidelines published by "la Haute Autorité de Santé" ("HAS") recommend that ferritin (and hemoglobin) be measured in this context. The targets to be reached are "not below 11" for hemoglobin and "below 50" for ferritin. According to this governmental organisation, iron and transferrin saturation are useless in this context.
Some other organisations do recommend to measure iron and transferrin saturation and the target to be reached is generally "below 50%" for transferrin saturation.
I would rather trust these other organisations more than the "HAS", because it seems to me that if transferrin saturation is not monitored, high levels of free iron might cause some harm to the patients.
Best regards,
Dr Joseph Watine, PH, AIHP, PharmD, AAHU, EurClinChem
Laboratoire de Biologie Polyvalente
Centre Hospitalier Général
12027 Rodez Cedex 9
France
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