Effect of deferiprone or deferoxamine on
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Gillian C Smith; Francisco Alpendurada; John Paul Carpenter; Mohammed H Alam; Va
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Article
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2011
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Thalassaemia major (TM) patients need regular blood transfusions that lead to accumulation of iron and death from heart failure. Deferiprone has been reported to be superior to deferoxamine for the removal of cardiac iron and improvement in left ventricular (LV) function but little is