PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 5 May 1979, pp. 757-760
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Ferrochelatase Deficiency in an Infant With Anemia and Growth Delay

Ugo Carpentieri M.D., Sc.D.1, Ernest D. Buck M.D.1, Jose J. Minguell Ph.D.1, Suppiah Balachandran M.D.1, and Mary Ellen Haggard M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

A 5-month-old infant with hypochromic anemia and iron overload secondary to ferrochelatase (heme synthetase) deficiency is described. Decreased activity of iron-containing enzymes in the absence of any other proven cause is suggested as the main cause of the associated growth retardation.

Submitted on July 11, 1978
Accepted on September 14, 1978