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  Česky / Czech version Trans. Hemat. dnes, 12, 2006, No. 3, p. 140–145.
 
New approaches to diagnosis and treatment of iron overload 
Čermák J. 

Ústav hematologie a krevní transfuze, Praha
 


Summary:

       cases as a consequence of increased influx of iron in the body, eg. in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis or in red blood cell transfusion dependent patients with anaemias with hyperplastic ineffective erythropoiesis (thalassemia, myelodysplastic syndrome). Diagnosis of iron overload is based on laboratory methods (serum ferritin, transferrin saturation), invasive methods (liver biopsy) or on non-invasive quantification of iron amount in liver or heart (magnetic resonance imaging). Clinical symptoms usually reflect the degree of organ iron load. The treatment of iron overload is based on early administration of sufficient dosis of chelating agents for prolonged time period. At present time, new oral iron chelatrors (deferiprone, deferasirox) with efficency comparable to desferioxamine are available as an alternative treatment of iron overload.

        Key words: iron overload, diagnosis, treatment, chelation, desferioxamine, deferiprone
       

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