 Iron Overload
"Iron Overload" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An excessive accumulation of iron in the body due to a greater than normal absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract or from parenteral injection. This may arise from idiopathic hemochromatosis, excessive iron intake, chronic alcoholism, certain types of refractory anemia, or transfusional hemosiderosis. (From Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1989)
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D019190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.565.500
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Overload" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Cheng WY, Said Q, Hao Y, Xiao Y, Vekeman F, Bobbili P, Duh MS, Nandal S, Blinder M. Adherence to iron chelation therapy in patients who switched from deferasirox dispersible tablets to deferasirox film-coated tablets. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018 11; 34(11):1959-1966.
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Preziosi ME, Singh S, Valore EV, Jung G, Popovic B, Poddar M, Nagarajan S, Ganz T, Monga SP. Mice lacking liver-specific ?-catenin develop steatohepatitis and fibrosis after iron overload. J Hepatol. 2017 08; 67(2):360-369.
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Olson M, Hebson C, Ehrlich A, New T, Sachdeva R. Tissue Doppler Imaging-derived Diastolic Function Assessment in Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Its Relation With Ferritin. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Jan; 38(1):17-21.
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