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This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by HUTCHISON, H. E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by HUTCHISON, H. E. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  Blood, 1953, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 236-248. © 1953 American Society of Hematology, Inc. The Significance of Stainable Iron in Sternal Marrow Sections Its Application in the Control of Iron Therapy H. E. HUTCHISON M.D.1 1 Department of Pathology, The University and Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland. The amount of stainable iron in sternal aspirates has been estimated by the use of the prussian blue reaction. The superiority of histologic sections over smears for the purpose of iron staining has been stressed. The results of applying this simple histochemical test routinely to sections prepared from 141 marrow samples are described. It is shown that in disorders of the blood the procedure provides a simple means for the control of iron therapy. Not only does it indicate when iron is required but also when enough has been given and so can be used to obviate the danger of overdosage whets iron is being administered by the intravenous route. The method is put forward as a possible means of distinguishing the hypochromic anemias of chronic intoxication from those due to iron deficiency. Submitted on August 26, 1952 Accepted on November 18, 1952 CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: P. T. PRATT and M. E. JOHNSON MARROW IRON STORES IN ANEMIA Arch Intern Med, May 1, 1954; 93(5): 725 - 730. [Abstract] [PDF]

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