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. 1999 Feb;2(1):58-60.
doi: 10.1007/s11938-999-0019-0.

Hemochromatosis

BR Bacon  1
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Hemochromatosis

BR Bacon. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

The mainstay of treatment for hemochromatosis is therapeutic phlebotomy. The procedure is safe, effective, and relatively cheap. Deferoxamine (iron chelation) is necessary only in iron-loaded individuals who cannot undergo therapeutic phlebotomy. If therapy is initiated before complications develop, it is expected that no complications will ever develop.

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