 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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Overload" by people in Profiles.
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Gabrielsen JS, Lamb DJ, Lipshultz LI. Iron and a Man's Reproductive Health: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Jun 01; 19(8):60.
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Kwiatkowski JL, Cohen AR, Garro J, Alvarez O, Nagasubramanian R, Sarnaik S, Thompson A, Woods GM, Schultz W, Mortier N, Lane P, Mueller B, Yovetich N, Ware RE. Transfusional iron overload in children with sickle cell anemia on chronic transfusion therapy for secondary stroke prevention. Am J Hematol. 2012 Feb; 87(2):221-3.
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Adamkiewicz TV, Abboud MR, Paley C, Olivieri N, Kirby-Allen M, Vichinsky E, Casella JF, Alvarez OA, Barredo JC, Lee MT, Iyer RV, Kutlar A, McKie KM, McKie V, Odo N, Gee B, Kwiatkowski JL, Woods GM, Coates T, Wang W, Adams RJ. Serum ferritin level changes in children with sickle cell disease on chronic blood transfusion are nonlinear and are associated with iron load and liver injury. Blood. 2009 Nov 19; 114(21):4632-8.
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