 Chelation Therapy
"Chelation Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Therapy of heavy metal poisoning using agents which sequester the metal from organs or tissues and bind it firmly within the ring structure of a new compound which can be eliminated from the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D015913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.155
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| Concept/Terms |
Chelation Therapy- Chelation Therapy
- Therapy, Chelation
- Chelation Therapies
- Therapies, Chelation
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chelation Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Schlenz AM, Phillips SM, Mueller M, Melvin CL, Adams RJ, Kanter J. Barriers and Facilitators to Chronic Red Cell Transfusion Therapy in Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Nurs. 2022 Jul-Aug; 39(4):209-220.
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Mirzaei SMM, Akbari A, Mehrpour O, Zamani N. Lead Toxicity due to Ingestion of Lead-Contaminated Opium in a Patient Presenting with Motor Neuropathy and Upper Limb Paresis: A case report. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2018 Nov; 18(4):e529-e532.
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Kosnett MJ. The role of chelation in the treatment of arsenic and mercury poisoning. J Med Toxicol. 2013 Dec; 9(4):347-54.
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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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Hatten BW, Bueso A, Craven P, Hendrickson RG, Horowitz BZ. Lead toxicity and endoscopic removal of ingested firearm cartridges. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2013 Jun; 51(5):448-50.
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French LK, Campbell J, Hendrickson RG. A hypertensive child with irritability and a rash. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Jun; 28(6):581-3.
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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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Kosnett MJ, Wedeen RP, Rothenberg SJ, Hipkins KL, Materna BL, Schwartz BS, Hu H, Woolf A. Recommendations for medical management of adult lead exposure. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Mar; 115(3):463-71.
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Kosnett MJ. Unanswered questions in metal chelation. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1992; 30(4):529-47.
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