...Emanuele Angelucci [email protected] 23 04 2015 6 05 2015 26 6 2015 Iron chelation therapy MDS Iron chelation outside the well-defined field of transfusion-dependent thalassemia is ground for debate in the medical and scientific community. Although the most...

.... Iron overload and/or its evaluation Thalassemia Beta thalassemia major Iron chelation therapy One of the challenges we face today with respect to iron chelation in thalassemia major is achieving the lowest total body iron level without incurring the side effects of overchelation [ 1...

...Sung-Eun Lee; Seung-Ah Yahng; Byung-Sik Cho; Ki-Sung Eom; Yoo-Jin Kim; Seok Lee; Chang-Ki Min; Hee-Je Kim; Seok-Goo Cho; Dong-Wook Kim; Woo-Sung Min; Chong-Won Park; Jong Wook Lee Iron overload due to regular transfusions of packed red cells can cause multiple organ damage. Iron chelation therapy...

... = 237) completed a 5-point rating scale for treatment satisfaction and convenience, and recorded time lost to treatment. At EOS, 90.7% of patients were ‘satisfied’/‘very satisfied’ with their iron chelation therapy (ICT) versus 23.2% at baseline. 92.8% (EOS) versus 21.5% (baseline) of patients...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Iron chelation therapy Iron overload Sickle cell disease The Stroke Prevention Trial (STOP 1) demonstrated that preventive transfusion programs dramatically decrease the frequency of first stroke in children with sickle cell...