Decreasing cardiac iron overload with Amlodipine and Spirulina in children with β-thalassemia

• Main Authors: Sahar M. El-Haggar (Author), Mohamed R. El-Shanshory (Author), Rasha A. El-shafey (Author), Mohamed S. Dabour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background & aim: Iron overload in thalassemia major (TM) leads to excessive iron deposition in a wide variety of tissues especially the heart leading to iron-overload cardiomyopathy, which is the major determinant of survival in those patients. Our goal was to study effects of Amlodipine and Sp...