 Iron Chelating Agents
"Iron Chelating Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Organic chemicals that form two or more coordination links with an iron ion. Once coordination has occurred, the complex formed is called a chelate. The iron-binding porphyrin group of hemoglobin is an example of a metal chelate found in biological systems.
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D007502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.914.500.410 D27.720.832.500.410
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| Concept/Terms |
Iron Chelating Agents- Iron Chelating Agents
- Agents, Iron Chelating
- Chelating Agents, Iron
- Iron Chelates
- Chelates, Iron
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Chelating Agents" by people in Profiles.
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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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Fulbright JM, Huh W, Anderson P, Chandra J. Can anthracycline therapy for pediatric malignancies be less cardiotoxic? Curr Oncol Rep. 2010 Nov; 12(6):411-9.
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