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Iron Chelation Therapy
Chaim . Ed(S): Hershko
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Description for Iron Chelation Therapy
Paperback. Editor(s): Hershko, Chaim. Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFGM; MJF; MJG; PNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.
Within the last few years, iron research has yielded exciting new insights into the under standing of normal iron homeostasis. However, normal iron physiology offers little protec tion from the toxic effects of pathological iron accumulation, because nature did not equip us with effective mechanisms of iron excretion. Excess iron may be effectively removed by phlebotomy in hereditary hemochromatosis, but this method cannot be applied to chronic anemias associated with iron overload. In these diseases, iron chelating therapy is the only method available for preventing early death caused mainly by myocardial and hepatic iron toxicity. Iron chelating therapy has changed ... Read more
Within the last few years, iron research has yielded exciting new insights into the under standing of normal iron homeostasis. However, normal iron physiology offers little protec tion from the toxic effects of pathological iron accumulation, because nature did not equip us with effective mechanisms of iron excretion. Excess iron may be effectively removed by phlebotomy in hereditary hemochromatosis, but this method cannot be applied to chronic anemias associated with iron overload. In these diseases, iron chelating therapy is the only method available for preventing early death caused mainly by myocardial and hepatic iron toxicity. Iron chelating therapy has changed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461351481
SKU
V9781461351481
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