 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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Overload" by people in Profiles.
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La Carpia F, Wojczyk BS, Annavajhala MK, Rebbaa A, Culp-Hill R, D'Alessandro A, Freedberg DE, Uhlemann AC, Hod EA. Transfusional iron overload and intravenous iron infusions modify the mouse gut microbiota similarly to dietary iron. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2019; 5(1):26.
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Horwitz LD, Horwitz MA. The exochelins of pathogenic mycobacteria: unique, highly potent, lipid- and water-soluble hexadentate iron chelators with multiple potential therapeutic uses. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2014 Dec 01; 21(16):2246-61.
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Danjou F, Origa R, Anni F, Saba L, Cossa S, Podda G, Galanello R. Longitudinal analysis of heart and liver iron in thalassemia major patients according to chelation treatment. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2013 Oct; 51(3):142-5.
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Perng W, Mora-Plazas M, Marin C, Villamor E. Iron status and linear growth: a prospective study in school-age children. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jun; 67(6):646-51.
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Vichinsky E, Bernaudin F, Forni GL, Gardner R, Hassell K, Heeney MM, Inusa B, Kutlar A, Lane P, Mathias L, Porter J, Tebbi C, Wilson F, Griffel L, Deng W, Giannone V, Coates T. Long-term safety and efficacy of deferasirox (Exjade) for up to 5 years in transfusional iron-overloaded patients with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2011 Aug; 154(3):387-97.
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Brosnahan G, Gokden N, Swaminathan S. Acute interstitial nephritis due to deferasirox: a case report. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Oct; 23(10):3356-8.
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Vichinsky E, Onyekwere O, Porter J, Swerdlow P, Eckman J, Lane P, Files B, Hassell K, Kelly P, Wilson F, Bernaudin F, Forni GL, Okpala I, Ressayre-Djaffer C, Alberti D, Holland J, Marks P, Fung E, Fischer R, Mueller BU, Coates T. A randomised comparison of deferasirox versus deferoxamine for the treatment of transfusional iron overload in sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2007 Feb; 136(3):501-8.
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Hodges YK, Weinberger HD, Stephens J, Horwitz MA, Horwitz LD. Desferri-Exochelin, a lipid-soluble, hexadentate iron chelator, effectively removes tissue iron. Transl Res. 2006 Aug; 148(2):63-71.
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Burns DL, Pomposelli JJ. Toxicity of parenteral iron dextran therapy. Kidney Int Suppl. 1999 Mar; 69:S119-24.
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