Effect of Combined Hydroxyurea and Chelation Therapy in Reducing Serum Ferritin Level, Liver and Spleen Size in Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia Major Patients.

Background: To compare hydroxyurea plus iron chelation therapy with iron chelation therapy alone in controlling iron overload in children with beta thalassaemia major. Methods: In this comparative study forty thalassaemia major, cases undergoing routine blood transfusion, were observed in iron...

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Main Authors: Tatheer Zahra, Wajeeha Amber, Itrat Fatima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rawalpindi Medical University 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College
Online Access:https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1088