S. VatanavicharnM. AnuwatanakulchaiM. TuntawiroonR. SuwanikP. WasiMahidol University2018-10-122018-10-121983-01-01Acta Haematologica. Vol.69, No.6 (1983), 414-416000157922-s2.0-0020614938https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30526Intestinal59Fe absorption was measured in 16 patients with β-thalassaemia/haemoglobin E disease and in 5 normal controls, using a total-body counting technique. The average iron absorption in the patients was 62% in contrast to 16.5% in the normal controls. 6 of the 9 splenectomized patients had absorption values above 65%, while only 2 of the 7 nonsplenectomized patients had comparably high values.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1159/000206931