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Number of Erythrocyte Transfusions is more Predictive than Serum Ferritin in Estimation of Cardiac Iron Loading in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Unal, Sule; Cetin, Mualla; Hazırolan, Tuncay; Yıldırım, G; Meral, A; Birbilen, Ahmet; Karabulut, E; Aytac, Selin; Tavil, Betül; Kuskonmaz, Baris; Tuncer, Murat; Gumruk, Fatma (Elsevier, 2014)

Background Transfusions with packed erythrocytes is a common practice in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are on chemotherapy. Since there is no physiological excretion mechanism for iron, ...