New insights into secondary iron overload / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Most of the patients who suffer from secondary iron overloading are transfusion-dependent.Excess iron deposits in the important organs will have notable effect on survival.The serum ferritin can not reflect the iron stores in the specific organ rigorously.There are two noninvasive techniques that can assess tissue ironsuperconducting quantum interface device and MRI-T2*.The patients who are transfusion-dependent should monitor the body iron stores and chelate the iron in time.Now the drugs for iron chelation therapy include deferoxamine,deferiprone and deferasirox.