Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence Following the Initiation of Iron Chelation Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Iron chelation therapy is often used to treat iron overload in patients requiring transfusion of red blood cells (RBC). A 76-year-old man with MDS type refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia, intermediate-1 IPSS risk, was referred when he became transfusion dependent. He declined infusiona...

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Autores principales: Badawi, Maha A., Vickars, Linda M., Chase, Jocelyn M., Leitch, Heather A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/164045

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/164045

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