Treatment of iron overload in the "ex-thalassemic": Report from the phlebotomy program

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 288-293

  Angelucci, Emanuele ^a,b   Muretto, Pietro ^b   Lucarelli, Guido ^a   Ripalti, Marta ^a   Baronciani, Donatella ^a   Erer, Buket ^a   Galimberti, Maria ^a   Annibali, Mauro ^a   Giardini, Claudio ^a   Gaziev, Djavid ^a   Rapa, Simona ^a   Polchi, Paola ^a  

^a Centro Trapianto Midollo   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0031851067     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10485.x     Document Type: Article

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