Acta Med. 2006, 49: 193-195

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.131

Successful Treatment of Iron Overload with Phlebotomies in Two Siblings with Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia – Type II (CDA-II)

Ladislav Chrobák

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, 2nd Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Hematology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received August 1, 2006
Accepted September 1, 2006

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