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differentiate anemia in CML

how to differentiate anemia because of the disease (in this case CML that hasn't got CHR in 3 month) and adverse effect of therapy (gleevec) ? thank you
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1081992 tn?1389903637
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Hi, I don't know the answer -- but since both CML and Gleevec toxicity produce anemia because of marrow suppression, maybe it's not possible to tell the difference. E.g., both would show a low reticulocyte count.

This full text paper on anemia from Gleevec https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajh.23879  shows that other signs such as red blood cell size can vary, so that doesn't seem to help. Sorry.
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