FIGURE LEGENDS:
Figure 1: Representative blood films and bone marrow aspirate
samples (600x) obtained from both twins prior to parenteral iron
supplementation therapy. The upper and lower rows of images relate to
twin #1 and twin #2 respectively.
(A, B) Blood films from both twins show profound hypochromic
erythrocytes with anisopoikilocytosis, occasional pencil cells and
elliptocytes. (C, D) Bone marrow aspirate smears show normal
trilineage haematopoiesis with corresponding (E, F) absent iron
stores.