Fig. 7From: A farewell to phlebotomy—use of placenta-derived drugs Laennec and Porcine for improving hereditary hemochromatosis without phlebotomy: a case reportHereditary hemochromatosis treated with Laennec and Porcine. Approximately 67,200 mL (33,600 mg Fe) of blood was not collected: estimated ferritin elevation, 31,584 ng/mL (47/100 mL). However, the actual ferritin level decreased (a decrease of 93.5 ng/mL compared with the baseline level); meanwhile, the HbA1c level improved from 8.8% to 6.8% without increasing the dose of insulinBack to article page