| Literature DB >> 7329898 |
M N Marsh, I B Holbrook, C Clark, J L Shaffer.
Abstract
A women with beta-thalassemia intermedia, and iron overload following many years' treatment with oral iron, was treated with subcutaneous desferrioxamine. During the course of this treatment she developed tinnitus, which was considered to be a rare complication of the use of this chelating agent. The mechanism of this effect is not understood.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7329898 PMCID: PMC2426146 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.57.671.582
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN: 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401