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Chelation Therapy with Oral Solution of Deferiprone in Transfusional Iron-Overloaded Children with Hemoglobinopathies

Iron overload in hemoglobinopathies is secondary to blood transfusions, chronic hemolysis, and increased iron absorption and leads to tissue injury requiring the early use of chelating agents. The available agents are parenteral deferoxamine and oral deferiprone and deferasirox. There are limited da...

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Autores principales: Makis, Alexandros, Chaliasos, Nikolaos, Alfantaki, Sapfo, Karagouni, Paraskevi, Siamopoulou, Antigone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24294523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/121762