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SUBMITTER: Gattermann N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3436237 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gattermann Norbert N Finelli Carlo C Della Porta Matteo M Fenaux Pierre P Stadler Michael M Guerci-Bresler Agnes A Schmid Mathias M Taylor Kerry K Vassilieff Dominique D Habr Dany D Marcellari Andrea A Roubert Bernard B Rose Christian C
Haematologica 20120314 9
<h4>Background</h4>Reductions in transfusion requirements/improvements in hematologic parameters have been associated with iron chelation therapy in transfusion-dependent patients, including those with myelodysplastic syndromes; data on there reductions/improvements have been limited to case reports and small studies.<h4>Design and methods</h4>To explore this observation in a large population of patients, we report a post-hoc analysis evaluating hematologic response to deferasirox in a cohort of ...[more]