Anemia

Clinical Study

Relationship between Plasma Ferritin Level and Siderocyte Number in Splenectomized β-Thalassemia/HbE Patients

Table 1

Hematologic parameters of -thalassemia/HbE patients.
 Splenectomized patients ( )Nonsplenectomized patients ( ) value
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 0.676
RBC count ( 106/ L) 0.119
MCV (fL) 0.011
MCH (pg) 0.133
MCHC (g/dL) 0.136
RDW (%) 0.129
Data presented as mean SD. For normal individuals, MCV =  fL, MCH =  pg, MCHC =  g/dL, RDW = %, RBC = / L, Hb =  g/dL.