05-27-2010, 07:48 AM
a 10 yrs old boy with jaundice, splenomegaly and chronic normocytic, normochromic anemia with an increased mean corpuscular Hb concentration and an abnormal osmotic fragility test presents to the clinic for a consult. he has had these symptoms for most of his life and his parents are requesting a definitive cure, which of the following confers a definitive cure for this patients disease?
A) Blood transfusions
B) Bone marrow transplant
C) folate therapy
D) iron therapy
E) splenectomy
A) Blood transfusions
B) Bone marrow transplant
C) folate therapy
D) iron therapy
E) splenectomy