"Iron Overload" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An excessive accumulation of iron in the body due to a greater than normal absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract or from parenteral injection. This may arise from idiopathic hemochromatosis, excessive iron intake, chronic alcoholism, certain types of refractory anemia, or transfusional hemosiderosis. (From Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1989)
| Descriptor ID |
D019190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.565.500
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron Overload" by people in Profiles.
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Gastric Glandular Siderosis but not Lamina Propria Siderosis is Associated With High Serum Ferritin Levels. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 09 01; 47(9):1052-1058.
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An Iron Refractory Phenotype in Obese Adipose Tissue Macrophages Leads to Adipocyte Iron Overload. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 03; 23(13).
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Iron kinetics following treatment with sucroferric oxyhydroxide or ferric citrate in healthy rats and models of anaemia, iron overload or inflammation. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020 06 01; 35(6):946-954.
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Red blood cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease-indications and management: a review and consensus report by the therapeutic apheresis subsection of the AABB. Transfusion. 2018 08; 58(8):1965-1972.
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Caring for the adult with sickle cell disease: results of a multidisciplinary pilot program. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Nov; 102(11):1009-16.
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Severity of iron overload in patients with sickle cell disease receiving chronic red blood cell transfusion therapy. Blood. 2000 Jul 01; 96(1):76-9.