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February 20, 2012
                		
                	Deferiprone (Ferriprox) for Iron Overload
					
					
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Deferiprone (Ferriprox) for Iron Overload
February 20, 2012 (Issue: 1384)
					The FDA has approved deferiprone (de fer’ i prone;
Ferriprox – ApoPharma), an oral chelating agent
available in Europe since 1999, for use as a second-line
treatment of iron overload due to blood transfusions
(transfusional hemosiderosis) in...more
 
        			
        			
						
					
					
					
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