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Rapid iron loading in a pregnant woman with transfusion-dependent thalassemia after brief cessation of iron chelation therapy
In general, in women with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, during pregnancy, iron chelation therapy is ceased. We report a splenectomized patient, who was an excellent complier with chelation therapy, who before embarking on a pregnancy showed no evidence of iron overload, with normal cardiac, thy...
Autores principales: | Farmaki, Kallistheni, Gotsis, Efstathios, Tzoumari, Ioanna, Berdoukas, Vasilios |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18462251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01092.x |
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