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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
We studied a patient with mild beta-thalassaemia major under treatment with the oral chelator deferiprone (DFP or L1) for about 10 yr (L1 veteran). Due to poor compliance with desferrioxamine, the patient started compassionate use of DFP at an age of 23 yr with a serum ferritin of 5200 microg/L. Monitoring iron overload by SQUID biosusceptometry revealed a dramatic decrease of liver iron concentrations from 4500 to 950 microg/g(liver) within 9.5 yr. A good clinical response to chelation treatment with DFP was observed together with an improvement of liver and cardiac function and a reduction in the hepatitis virus load.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0902-4441
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
523-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term treatment with deferiprone in a L1 veteran.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche Mediche e Chirurgiche, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports