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Abstract
The mainstay of treatment for hemochromatosis is therapeutic phlebotomy. The procedure is safe, effective, and relatively cheap. Deferoxamine (iron chelation) is necessary only in iron-loaded individuals who cannot undergo therapeutic phlebotomy. If therapy is initiated before complications develop, it is expected that no complications will ever develop.Entities:
Year: 1999 PMID: 11096573 DOI: 10.1007/s11938-999-0019-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol ISSN: 1092-8472