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This paper reviews the factors governing the rate of iron loading and iron toxicity in the thalassaemia syndromes and sickle cell disease. It outlines the main determinants of iron mobilization by the iron-chelating drug, desferrioxamine, together with the effects of this drug in clinical practice.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3120473 DOI: 10.1159/000205876
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Haematol ISSN: 0001-5792 Impact factor: 2.195