Iron supplementation? Ferritin screening? Why questions persist

Merlyn H Sayers^{1

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Editorial

Merlyn H Sayers. Transfusion. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;59(5):1616-1619.

doi: 10.1111/trf.15303.

Merlyn H Sayers^{1

2}

¹ Carter BloodCare, Bedford, Texas.
² Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

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