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I get routine phlebotomy for polycythemia vera and just found out my iron pheno (feno? spelling?) is low. what exactly is this pheno/feno?
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Ferritin?: Ferritin is the iron storage protein in our body. It goes low when too many red cells are using it for their hemoglobin as woud be expected in polycythemia
Answered 2/5/2015
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