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What is new in iron overload?

Children with severe chronic hemolytic anemia or congenital erythroblastopenia are transfusion dependent. Long-term transfusion therapy prolongs life but results in a toxic accumulation of iron in the organs. The human body cannot actively eliminate excess iron. Therefore, the use of a chelating age...

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Autor principal: Vermylen, Christiane
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17899187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0604-y