Table 1.

Baseline lab investigations.

Hematological investigations	Results
Hemoglobin	6.8 (14–18 gm/dL)
Hematocrit	21 (42–52%)
MCV	100 (80–94 fL)
Reticulocytes	4 (0.5–1.5%)
Creatinine	89 (7–21 mg/dL)
BUN	5.5 (0.5–1.3 mg/dL)
Total Bilirubin	8.2 (0.2–1.4 mg/dL)
Direct Bilirubin	0.9 (0.0–0.2 mg/dL)
Serum Ferritin	1648 (3–111 ng/ml)
Serum Folate	6 (>6.6 ng/ml)