Deferiprone challenge test for monitoring iron overload in hepatitis positive thalassemic major patients

Viral hepatitis is common among beta-thalassemia major (BTM) children in Pakistan. Transfusional iron overload in BTM is usually monitored by serum ferritin. But its levels are falsely raised in viral hepatitis and do not reflect the true iron body burden in thalassemic patients. The objective of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of clinical and experimental medicine 2010-04, Vol.3 (2), p.122-128
Hauptverfasser:	Khan, Dilshad A, Cheema, Asma N, Anwar, Masood, Khan, Farooq A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Original
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