"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 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Overload" by people in Profiles.
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Red blood cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease-indications and management: a review and consensus report by the therapeutic apheresis subsection of the AABB. Transfusion. 2018 08; 58(8):1965-1972.
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Clinical consequences of iron overload in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: the case for iron chelation therapy. Expert Rev Hematol. 2018 07; 11(7):577-586.
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New NBIA subtype: genetic, clinical, pathologic, and radiographic features of MPAN. Neurology. 2013 Jan 15; 80(3):268-75.