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desferrioxamine

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desferrioxamine /des·fer·ri·ox·amine/ (des-fer´e-oks´ah-mēn) deferoxamine.
desferrioxamine

deferoxamine, desferrioxamine
an iron chelating compound used as the mesylate to treat iron poisoning.


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The DFO Hemopurifier is designed to use the chelator desferrioxamine to remove excess iron and aluminum intoxicants from the blood in a completely safe process outside the body.
The study, published today in Lancet and entitled "Improved myocardial iron levels and ventricular function with oral deferiprone compared with subcutaneous desferrioxamine in thalassemia," was authored by a team led by a cardiologist, Dudley Pennell of the Royal Brompton Hospital, London England.
The DFO Hemopurifier is designed to use the chelator desferrioxamine to remove excess iron and aluminum intoxicants from the blood in a completely safe process outside the body.
 
 
 
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