Background: β-thalassemia is an autosomal hemoglobinopathy with inconsistent universal distribution. Among patients with thalassemia diverse non-siderotic complications distinctly influence the attribute of life, including zinc deficiency due to varied etiologies. The objective of the present study was to determine zinc levels in patients with β-thalassemia major and its correlation with mat...

ABSTRACT: Oxidation might be regarded as one of the most important reaction in oils and fats. Prooxidants namely iron and copper intensify and catalyze the oxidation while the chelating agents might retard or delay this process. Citric acid, phosphoric acid, some of phenolic compounds and phospholipids are considered as the compounds that chelate the prooxidant metals and through this mechanism...

BACKGROUND Numerous practitioners of both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine throughout North America and Europe claim that chelation therapy with EDTA is an effective means to both control and treat cardiovascular disease. These claims are controversial, and several randomized controlled trials have been completed dealing with this topic. To address this issue we conducted...

Background: Effective management of iron overload in patients receiving long-term blood transfusion requires assessment and monitoring of both severity of iron overload and excessive iron chelation. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Deferasirox (DFX) in chelation naive patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Methods: Chelation naive patients with ...

BACKGROUND Management of thalassemia major requires patients to have life-long access to a treatment regimen of regular blood transfusions coupled with iron chelation therapy. The objective of this study was to investigate patients' reasons for missing iron chelation therapy with desferrioxamine, and the support to sustain life-long adherence to treatment. METHODS From October 1999 to May 200...

1The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea; 2Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; 3Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China; 4Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany; 5Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 6Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ; 7Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; and 8University College ...

OBJECTIVE Patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT) often develop iron overload and related complications, and may require iron chelation. However, the risk of over-chelation emerges as patients reach low, near-normal body iron levels and dose adjustments may be needed. In the THALASSA study, the threshold for chelation interruption was LIC <3 mg Fe/g dw (LIC<3); 24 patients re...

abstract: oxidation might be regarded as one of the most important reaction in oils and fats. prooxidants namely iron and copper intensify and catalyze the oxidation while the chelating agents might retard or delay this process. citric acid, phosphoric acid, some of phenolic compounds and phospholipids are considered as the compounds that chelate the prooxidant metals and through this mechanism...