Efficacy of deferiprone in the treatment of acute iron intoxication in rats

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-287

  Fassos, Frank F ^a   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a   Daneman, Nick ^a   Koren, Lee ^a   Cameron, Ross G ^b   Klein, Julia ^a   Falcitelli, Corrado ^a   St Louis, Patrick ^a   Daneman, Richard ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFERIPRONE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HISTOLOGY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 8944260409     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659609013790     Document Type: Article

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