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SUBMITTER: Lee JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3696607 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Jong Wook JW Yoon Sung-Soo SS Shen Zhi Xiang ZX Ganser Arnold A Hsu Hui-Chi HC El-Ali Ali A Habr Dany D Martin Nicolas N Porter John B JB
Haematologica 20130412 7
Reports are emerging of hematologic responses associated with iron chelation therapy; however, studies are limited in aplastic anemia patients. Deferasirox reduced iron overload in aplastic anemia patients enrolled in the EPIC (Evaluation of Patients' Iron Chelation with Exjade(®)) study (n=116). A post hoc analysis of hematologic responses was conducted on 72 patients with evaluable hematologic parameters (according to UK guideline criteria), 24 of whom received deferasirox without concomitant ...[more]