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Management of transfusional iron overload – differential properties and efficacy of iron chelating agents

Regular red cell transfusion therapy ameliorates disease-related morbidity and can be lifesaving in patients with various hematological disorders. Transfusion therapy, however, causes progressive iron loading, which, if untreated, results in endocrinopathies, cardiac arrhythmias and congestive heart...

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Main Author: Kwiatkowski, Janet L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262345/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22287873
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S13065
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