Short-lived macrocytes were produced in response to specific therapy in severely iron-deficient rats and in two patients. These findings add weight to our hypothesis that the production of defective, short-lived macrocytes is a phenomenon common to states in which there is marked erythroid hyperactivity in the presence of adequate nutrients.

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1963
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