Therapeutic Erythrocytapheresis in the Initial Treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Background: The current treatment of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) consists of performing periodic whole blood phlebotomies. Erythrocytapheresis (EA) can remove up to three times more red blood cells per single procedure and could thus have a clinical benefit. A prospective study of 30 consecutive...

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Main Authors: Vít Řeháček, Milan Bláha, Hana Jiroušová, Jitka Černohorská, Petr Papoušek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2012-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/55/4/0180/