title: Iron overload and chronically transfused patients: numbers, scales, and clinical research.
authors: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome 00153, Italy. callea@opbg.net
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Callea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001706:Biopsy; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D064451:Hepcidins; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015854:Up-Regulation; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D016207:Cytokines; D064451:Hepcidins; D007501:Iron