In the present study, twenty-five samples of red blood cells (RBCs) and two samples of lyophilized serum, drawn from thirteen patients with Β-thanassemia major, have been examined by Mössbauer spectroscopy. All these patients undergo long-term therapy by regular blood transfusion and deferoxamine. The samples were obtained at the end of one cycle of treatments, before the successive blood transfusion. The results show, within the experimental errors, that the ferritin-like iron appears to be absent in the RBCs of the patients but it is still present in the serum. © 1994 J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers.
Some comments on the effectiveness of the therapy for Β-thalassemia / Jiang, K; Ma, W. Y.; Ortalli, Ida; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Zhang, X.; Izzi, G. C.. - In: HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS. - ISSN 1572-9540. - 91:1(1994), pp. 859-863. [10.1007/BF02064619]
Some comments on the effectiveness of the therapy for Β-thalassemia
ORTALLI, Ida;PEDRAZZI, Giuseppe;
1994-01-01
Abstract
In the present study, twenty-five samples of red blood cells (RBCs) and two samples of lyophilized serum, drawn from thirteen patients with Β-thanassemia major, have been examined by Mössbauer spectroscopy. All these patients undergo long-term therapy by regular blood transfusion and deferoxamine. The samples were obtained at the end of one cycle of treatments, before the successive blood transfusion. The results show, within the experimental errors, that the ferritin-like iron appears to be absent in the RBCs of the patients but it is still present in the serum. © 1994 J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.