Deferasirox improves liver fibrosis in beta‐thalassaemia major patients. A five‐year longitudinal study from a single thalassaemia centre
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Longitudinal Study on Liver Functions in Patients with Thalassemia Major before and after Deferasirox (DFX) Therapy
UNLABELLED By performing regular blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy, most patients with beta thalassemia major (BTM) now survive beyond the third decade of life. Liver disease is becoming an important cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. Chronic hepatitis and/or severe iron overload are both important causes of liver pathology. Iron chelation with desferrioxamine (DFO) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Haematology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0007-1048,1365-2141
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14509