Pagophagia and restless legs syndrome are highly associated with iron deficiency and should be included in histories evaluating anemia

Maureen Okam Achebe^{1

2

3}, Elyse Mandell¹, Katherine Jolley⁴, Hae Soo Park⁵, Revital Freedman¹, Siyang Ren², Donna Neuberg², Michael Auerbach^{6

7}

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¹ Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Harvard Medical school, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
⁵ Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Auerbach Hematology and Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Maureen Okam Achebe et al. Am J Hematol. 2023 Jan.

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. 2023 Jan;98(1):E8-E10.

doi: 10.1002/ajh.26775. Epub 2022 Nov 10.

Maureen Okam Achebe^{1

2

3}, Elyse Mandell¹, Katherine Jolley⁴, Hae Soo Park⁵, Revital Freedman¹, Siyang Ren², Donna Neuberg², Michael Auerbach^{6

7}

¹ Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Harvard Medical school, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
⁵ Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Auerbach Hematology and Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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