Table 1 Weekly blood counts from the... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1

Weekly blood counts from the introduction of deferiprone until the agranulocytosis had developed.

	Weeks after therapy start
	0§	1*	2	3*	4	5*	6*	7	8*	9#
Hemoglobin (g/L)	109	81	93	73	91	70	84	105	83	87
WBC (x10⁹/L)	5.4	3.7	4.0	3.9	5.5	3.8	3.7	4.6	2.5	0.9
ANC (x10⁹/L)	3.7	2.4	2.7	2.6	4.0	2.6	no data	3.0	1.4	<0.1
Platelets (x10⁹/L)	273	234	227	263	222	170	278	208	151	164
Ferritin (microgram/L)		2027			1740	1986	1716		1491

	Weeks after therapy start
	0§	1*	2	3*	4	5*	6*	7	8*	9#
Hemoglobin (g/L)	109	81	93	73	91	70	84	105	83	87
WBC (x10⁹/L)	5.4	3.7	4.0	3.9	5.5	3.8	3.7	4.6	2.5	0.9
ANC (x10⁹/L)	3.7	2.4	2.7	2.6	4.0	2.6	no data	3.0	1.4	<0.1
Platelets (x10⁹/L)	273	234	227	263	222	170	278	208	151	164
Ferritin (microgram/L)		2027			1740	1986	1716		1491

Values prior to start of deferiprone therapy

Erythrocyte transfusions 15 ml/kg body weight

Deferiprone therapy was stopped this day and the patient was admitted to hospital the following day with septicemia