Treatment of Cooley's anemia: deferoxamine provocation test [letter; comment]
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Treatment of Cooley's anemia: deferoxamine provocation test.
In our report entitled “Treatment of Cooley’s Anemia” (Blood 76:435, 1990), we described a deferoxamine provocation test in which we measure serum iron and iron-binding capacity following an infusion of the chelator. In the report, we failed to state clearly that we do not use standard colorimetric tests to make these measurements. The mild reducing agents used in most colorimetric assays do no...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v76.9.1897.bloodjournal7691897