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Iron overload and iron chelating agent exposure in anemia-associated outer retinal degeneration: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Deferoxamine retinopathy is the informally designated term used to describe a characteristic pattern of outer retinal degeneration in iron-overloaded chronic anemia patients who are treated with deferoxamine. We hypothesize that insufficiently treated iron overloading and not only defero...

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Autores principales: Belmouhand, Mohamed, Eckmann-Hansen, Christina, Ilginis, Tomas, Leinøe, Eva Birgitte, Mortensen, Bo Kok, Larsen, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34256738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-02030-1