Table 3. Iron deposition score in the liver, spleen and duodenum of male wild type and thalassemic mice at the age of 6–7 weeks and 16–20 weeks.

Age	Iron deposition score
	Liver	Spleen	Duodenum
WT
6–7 weeks	0	1	0
16–20 weeks	0	1	0
BKO
6–7 weeks	1	2	1
16–20 weeks	1	3	1

Note:

The same deposition score was obtained from the mouse within same group (n = 5 per group).