Recent acquisitions in the management of iron overload

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 640-645

  Franchini, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; FERRITIN; HYDROXYBENZYL ETHYLENEDIAMINE DIACETIC ACID; IRON CHELATING AGENT; PHENIPRAZINE; PYRIDOXAL ISONICOTINOYLHYDRAZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM CARE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUMP; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEFEROXAMINE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; IRON OVERLOAD;

EID: 27644458216     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-1083-8     Document Type: Review

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