Cargando…
A comprehensive review of hydroxyurea for β-haemoglobinopathies: the role revisited during COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Hydroxyurea is one of the earliest drugs that showed promise in the management of haemoglobinopathies that include β-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. Despite this, many aspects of hydroxyurea are either unknown or understudied; specifically, its usefulness in β-thalassaemia major an...
Autores principales: | Yasara, Nirmani, Premawardhena, Anuja, Mettananda, Sachith |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33648529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-01757-w |
Ejemplares similares
-
Efficacy and safety of oral hydroxyurea in transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia: a protocol for randomised double-blind controlled clinical trial
por: Yasara, Nirmani, et al.
Publicado: (2020) -
A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of oral hydroxyurea for transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia
por: Yasara, Nirmani, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Electronic screen device usage and screen time among preschool-attending children in a suburban area of Sri Lanka
por: Rathnasiri, Asanka, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
A “One-Stop” Screening Protocol for Haemoglobinopathy Traits and Iron Deficiency in Sri Lanka
por: Allen, Angela, et al.
Publicado: (2019) -
Body iron status of children and adolescents with transfusion dependent β-thalassaemia: trends of serum ferritin and associations of optimal body iron control
por: Suriapperuma, Tharindi, et al.
Publicado: (2018)