Non-Invasive Methods for Iron Concentration Assessment

Autor: Antonio A. O. Carneiro, Oswaldo Baffa, Ivan L. Angulo, Dimas T. Covas, Luis Manuel Montaño Zentina, Gerardo Herrera Corral
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.3682851
Popis: Iron excess is commonly observed in patients with transfusional iron overload. The iron chelation therapy in these patients require accurate determination of the magnitude of iron excess. The most promising method for noninvasive assessment of iron stores is based on measurements of hepatic magnetic susceptibility.
Databáze: OpenAIRE