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Several indirect assessment methods are available, among which are measurement of serum ferritin levels, urinary iron excretion, and hepatic iron quantification.
The National Library of Medicine's computerized bibliographic database (Medline 1966 to December 1999) was searched using a combination of the following keywords: thalassemia, serum ferritin, urinary iron excretion, hepatic iron, liver, chelation therapy, iron chelation, iron chelating agents, desferal, desferrioxamine, deferoxamine, L1 oral chelate, deferiprone and 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one.
In the first study, 144 patients with thalassemia major and relatively low serum ferritin concentrations (1,500 - 3,000 ng/mL) were randomized to either deferiprone (n = 71) or desferrioxamine (n = 73) and followed for one year [ 28 ] . Although, the primary efficacy measure was the reduction of serum ferritin, HIC was assessed in a small subgroup of patients willing to undergo repeat liver biopsy: 21 in the deferiprone and 15 in the desferrioxamine group.
The iron status of an individual may play an important role in cardiovascular health, with either an excess of iron (mainly the storage form ferritin) or iron deficiency leading to significant problems.
Iron overload was detected using serum ferritin concentration, hepatic iron index, or quantitative phlebotomy in 135 probands; three women and one man had no evidence of iron overload.