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. 2009 Dec;94(12):1777-8.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2009.009118. Epub 2009 Oct 8.

Improved survival in thalassemia major patients on switching from desferrioxamine to combined chelation therapy with desferrioxamine and deferiprone

Paul T Telfer, Fiona Warburton, Soteroula Christou, Michael Hadjigavriel, Maria Sitarou, Anita Kolnagou, Michael Angastiniotis
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Improved survival in thalassemia major patients on switching from desferrioxamine to combined chelation therapy with desferrioxamine and deferiprone

Paul T Telfer et al. Haematologica. 2009 Dec.
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