Primary Acquired Sideroblastic Anaemia: Response to Treatment with Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate

D Y Mason, PaulineM. Emerson

BMJ · 1973 · 37 citations · 15 references

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A 72-year-old woman with primary sideroblastic anaemia showed no response to treatment with pyridoxine. When she was given pyridoxal-5-phosphate there was a prompt reticulocyte response and sustained symptomatic improvement with satisfactory control of the anaemia.

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