Microalbuminuria in hemoglobinopathy patients who are taking Deferasirox

Background: Chelation therapy which is needed to prevent or reverse iron overload may also affect renal function in patients with hemoglobinopathy. The early indicator as well as predictor of nephropathy and glomerular damage among patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia is microalbuminuri...

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Main Authors: Asaad A Khalaf, Zainab H Ahmed, Anwer Sh. Jaafar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Iraqi Journal of Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.ijhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2072-8069;year=2015;volume=4;issue=2;spage=30;epage=44;aulast=Khalaf;type=0