The relationship between persistent iatrogenic iron deficiency and pruritus was investigated in a group of twenty‐one male patients undergoing a trial of therapeutic venesection. Iron deficiency was induced and maintained over a 6‐month period by repeated venesection. In no patients did this give rise to generalized pruritus.
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