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6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase deficiency in an Italian family
A rare case of hereditary erythrocyte enzymopathy, namely 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) deficiency, was found in an Italian family. The activity of the enzyme was reduced to 35% in the propositus an...
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Continuous low-dose subcutaneous desferrioxamine (DFO) to prevent allergic manifestations in patients with iron overload
In some patients compliance to subcutaneous desferrioxamine therapy is reduced because of allergic symptoms. Effective drug desensitization consists of bringing patients to tolerate the same mode of administr...
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Radiotherapy combined with erythropoietin for the treatment of extramedullary hematopoiesis in an alloimmunized patient with thalassemia intermedia
We report a patient with thalassemia intermedia who developed a mediastinal syndrome due to the growth of paravertebral hematopoietic masses in the posterior mediastinum. Because the patient did not receive b...
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Serum erythropoietin levels in thalassemia intermedia
Serum concentrations of erythropoietin (EPO) were determined by immunoassay in 45 patients with thalassemia intermedia (TI). The mean serum level of EPO was significantly higher in the thalassemic patients tha...
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Yersinia enterocolitica mesenteric adenitis in a thalassaemic adolescent