Is exchange transfusion a possible treatment for neonatal hemochromatosis?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 732-735

  Timpani, Giuseppina ^a   Foti, Francesca ^a   Nicolò, Antonino ^a   Nicotina, Pier Antonio ^b   Nicastro, Emanuele ^c   Iorio, Raffaele ^c  

^a BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Exchange transfusion; Neonatal hemochromatosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; SELENIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEONATAL HEMOCHROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIBLING; SYMPTOM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS, INHERITED; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848922732     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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