TABLE 1.
Biochemical parameters at diagnosis and follow-up visit.
| Parameter | Normal value | Case 1 |
Case 2 |
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| At diagnosis | Follow up1 | At diagnosis | Follow up1 | ||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.5 (11.5) † 13.5 (11.5) ‡ |
7.0 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| Mean corpuscular value (fL) | 81 (75) † 86 (77) ‡ |
60 | 77.8 | 54.2 | 65.7 |
| Serum iron (mcg/dL) | 50–120 | 14 | 101 | 20 | 63 |
| Total iron-binding capacity (mcg/dl) | 100–400 | 313 | 322 | 500 | 421 |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | ≥16% | 4.4 | 31.3 | 4 | 15 |
| Ferritin (ng/ml) | 7–140 | 41.5 | 88.9 | 7.5 | 25.3 |
| 25-OHD (ng/ml) | 20–100 | 16.2 | 64.9 | 6.02 | NA |
| Vitamin C (mg/L) | 0.4–2 | Undetectable | 10.9 | Undetectable | NA |
| Thiaminepyrophosphate (mcg/L) | 28–85 | NA | NA | 49.2 | NA |
| Serum folate (ng/ml) | 4–20 | 4.6 | NA | 3.2 | 1132.9 |
| Copper (mcg/dL) | 110–145 | NA | NA | 131 | NA |
| Zinc (mcg/dL) | 75–120 | NA | NA | 65 | 122 |
†Data are mean (-2 SD) for age 2 to <6 year; ‡Data are mean (-2 SD) for age 6 to <12 year; 1Follow-up visit at 1 month after discharge in Case 1 and 3 weeks after discharge in Case 2 NA; not available.