Iron chelation therapy with deferasirox results in improvement of liver enzyme level in patients with iron overload-associated liver dysfunction

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Miura, Yasuo ^a   Matsui, Yusuke ^a   Kaneko, Hitomi ^a   Watanabe, Mitsumasa ^a   Tsudo, Mitsuru ^a  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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EID: 84873998032     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/675060     Document Type: Article

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