Diseases of the Blood… Iron chelation therapy in Thalassemia major 17 Dec 202016 Dec 2020 Continued from Previous Post on Assessment of Iron Overload in Thalassemia Goal of chelation therapy is to decrease tissue iron to a safe level and to minimise level of non-transferrin bound iron (NTBI)…
Diseases of the Blood… Assessment of iron overload in Thalassemia patients 13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020 An inevitable complication of regular blood transfusions in a Thalassemia major is iron overload. Assessment of iron overload by serum ferritin is widely used, relatively easy to perform and most acceptable, but…
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