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Deferasirox, deferiprone and desferrioxamine treatment in thalassemia major patients: cardiac iron and function comparison determined by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging by PEPE, Alessia, MELONI, Antonella, FILOSA, Aldo, CARUSO, Vincenzo, QUARTA, Antonella, PITROLO, Lorella, MISSERE, Massimiliano, MIDIRI, Massimo, ROSSI, Giuseppe, POSITANO, Vincenzo, LOMBARDI, Massimo, MAGGIO, Aurelio, CAPRA, Marcello, CIANCIULLI, Paolo, PROSSOMARITI, Luciano, MALAVENTURA, Cristina, PUTTI, Maria Caterina, LIPPI, Alma, ROMEO, Maria Antonietta, BISCONTE, Maria Grazia

“…Oral deferiprone was suggested to be more effective than subcutaneous desferrioxamine for removing heart iron. Oral once-daily chelator deferasirox has…”
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IL28B polymorphisms influence stage of fibrosis and spontaneous or interferon-induced viral clearance in thalassemia patients with hepatitis C virus infection by DI MARCO, Vito, BRONTE, Fabrizio, FIORENZA, Flavia, GERARDI, Calogera, GRIMAUDO, Stefania, DI CRISTINA, Antonietta, LEVRERO, Massimo, CRAXI, Antonio, CALVARUSO, Vincenza, CAPRA, Marcello, BORSELLINO, Zelia, MAGGIO, Aurelio, CONCETTA RENDA, Maria, PITROLO, Lorella, LO PINTO, Maria Carmela, RIZZO, Michele

“…Polymorphisms in the interleukin-28B are important determinants in the spontaneous and drug-induced control of hepatitis C virus infection. We assessed the…”
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Myocardial fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance and hepatitis C virus infection in thalassemia major patients by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Borsellino, Zelia, Cuccia, Liana, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Maggio, Aurelio, Restaino, Gennaro, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Caruso, Vincenzo, Spasiano, Anna, Filosa, Aldo, Centra, Michele, D’Ascola, Domenico, Quarta, Antonella, Peluso, Angelo, Midiri, Massimo, Rossi, Giuseppe, Positano, Vincenzo, Capra, Marcello

“…AIMSOur aim was to evaluate the correlation between myocardial fibrosis detected using the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance…”
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Liver disease in chelated transfusion-dependent thalassemics: the role of iron overload and chronic hepatitis C by Di Marco, Vito, Capra, Marcello, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Borsellino, Zelia, Cabibi, Daniela, Barbaria, Francesco, Ferraro, Donatella, Cuccia, Liana, Ruffo, Giovanni Battista, Bronte, Fabrizio, Di Stefano, Rosa, Almasio, Piero L, Craxi, Antonio

“…1 Unità Complessa di Gastroenterologia ed Epatologia, Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Di.Bi.MI.S.), University of Palermo 2 Unità…”
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Design of hydrogen production systems powered by solar and wind energy: An insight into the optimal size ratios by Marocco, Paolo, Gandiglio, Marta, Cianella, Roberto, Capra, Marcello, Santarelli, Massimo

“…[Display omitted] •Optimal design of power-to-hydrogen systems fed by renewable energy sources.•Size ratios are explored for different plant configurations…”
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A T2 MRI prospective survey on heart iron in thalassemia major patients treated with deferasirox versus deferiprone and desferrioxamine in monotherapy by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Rossi, Giuseppe, Dell'Amico, Maria Chiara, Spasiano, Anna, Capra, Marcello, Cianciulli, Paolo, Caruso, Vincenzo, Favilli, Brunella, Cracolici, Eliana, Maggio, Aurelio, Lombardi, Massimo

“…Figure 1 [figure omitted; refer to PDF] Conclusions Prospectively over 15 months in a large clinical setting of TM patients DFP monotherapy was significantly…”
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The Management of Iron Chelation Therapy: Preliminary Data from a National Registry of Thalassaemic Patients by Ceci, Adriana, Mangiarini, Laura, Felisi, Mariagrazia, Bartoloni, Franco, Ciancio, Angela, Capra, Marcello, D'Ascola, Domenico, Cianciulli, Paolo, Filosa, Aldo

“…Thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies constitute an important health problem in Mediterranean countries, placing a tremendous emotional, psychological,…”
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A T2 MRI prospective survey on heart iron in thalassemia major patients treated with sequential deferipron-desferrioxamine versus deferasirox by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Rossi, Giuseppe, Dell'Amico, Maria Chiara, D'Ascola, Domenico G, Capra, Marcello, Filosa, Aldo, Cianciulli, Paolo, Salvatori, Cristina, Restaino, Gennaro, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Lombardi, Massimo

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A T2 MRI prospective survey on heart iron in thalassemia major patients treated with sequential deferiprone-desferrioxamine versus deferipron and desferrioxamine in monotherapy by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Rossi, Giuseppe, Dell'Amico, Maria Chiara, Prossomariti, Luciano, D'Ascola, Domenico G, Filosa, Aldo, Pepe, Pasquale, Positano, Vincenzo, Ascioti, Claudio, Capra, Marcello, Lombardi, Massimo

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Prospective comparison on cardiac iron by MR in thalassemia major patients treated with combination deferipron-desferrioxamine versus deferipron and desferrioxamine in monoterapy by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Rossi, Giuseppe, Dell'Amico, Maria Chiara, Capra, Marcello, Caruso, Vincenzo, Pitrolo, Lorella, Centra, Michele, Pepe, Pasquale, Cracolici, Eliana, Ricchi, Paolo, Lombardi, Massimo

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Influence of myocardial fibrosis and blood oxygenation on heart T2 values in thalassemia patients by Meloni, Antonella, Pepe, Alessia, Positano, Vincenzo, Favilli, Brunella, Maggio, Aurelio, Capra, Marcello, Lo Pinto, Carmela, Gerardi, Calogera, Santarelli, Maria Filomena, Midiri, Massimo, Landini, Luigi, Lombardi, Massimo

“…Purpose To determine whether T2* measurements quantifying myocardial iron overload in thalassemia patients are influenced by myocardial fibrosis and blood…”
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MRI assessment of correlation between cardiac biventricular function, myocardial iron overload and pancreatic iron overload in a large cohort of thalassemia major patients by Restaino, Gennaro, Meloni, Antonella, Positano, Vincenzo, Missere, Massimiliano, Pignatti, Caterina Borgna, Maggio, Aurelio, Capra, Marcello, Luciani, Antongiulio, Valeri, Gianluca, Sallustio, Giuseppina, Pepe, Alessia

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Myocardial fibrosis by delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance and HCV infection in thalassemia major patients by Pepe, Alessia, Meloni, Antonella, Borsellino, Zelia, Dell'Amico, Maria Chiara, Positano, Vincenzo, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Maggio, Aurelio, Restaino, Gennaro, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Cianciulli, Paolo, Prossomariti, Luciano, Filosa, Aldo, Centra, Michele, D'Ascola, Domenico, Quarta, Antonella, Peluso, Angelo, Pietrangelo, Antonello, Cracolici, Eliana, Lombardi, Massimo, Capra, Marcello

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Iron chelation with deferasirox in adult and pediatric patients with thalassemia major: efficacy and safety during 5 years' follow-up by Cappellini, M. Domenica, Bejaoui, Mohamed, Agaoglu, Leyla, Canatan, Duran, Capra, Marcello, Cohen, Alan, Drelichman, Guillermo, Economou, Marina, Fattoum, Slaheddine, Kattamis, Antonis, Kilinc, Yurdanur, Perrotta, Silverio, Piga, Antonio, Porter, John B., Griffel, Louis, Dong, Victor, Clark, Joan, Aydinok, Yesim

“…Patients with β-thalassemia require lifelong iron chelation therapy from early childhood to prevent complications associated with transfusional iron overload…”
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in thalassaemia: an update of the Italian Registry by Borgna‐Pignatti, Caterina, Garani, Maria Chiara, Forni, Gian Luca, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Cassinerio, Elena, Fidone, Carmelo, Spadola, Vincenzo, Maggio, Aurelio, Restivo Pantalone, Gaetano, Piga, Antonio, Longo, Filomena, Gamberini, Maria Rita, Ricchi, Paolo, Costantini, Silvia, D'Ascola, Domenico, Cianciulli, Paolo, Lai, Maria Eliana, Carta, Maria Paola, Ciancio, Angela, Cavalli, Paola, Putti, Maria Caterina, Barella, Susanna, Amendola, Giovanni, Campisi, Saveria, Capra, Marcello, Caruso, Vincenzo, Colletta, Grazia, Volpato, Stefano

“…Summary The risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with thalassaemia is increased by transfusion‐transmitted infections and…”
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A phase 3 study of deferasirox (ICL670), a once-daily oral iron chelator, in patients with β-thalassemia by Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Cohen, Alan, Piga, Antonio, Bejaoui, Mohamed, Perrotta, Silverio, Agaoglu, Leyla, Aydinok, Yesim, Kattamis, Antonis, Kilinc, Yurdanur, Porter, John, Capra, Marcello, Galanello, Renzo, Fattoum, Slaheddine, Drelichman, Guillermo, Magnano, Carmelo, Verissimo, Monica, Athanassiou-Metaxa, Miranda, Giardina, Patricia, Kourakli-Symeonidis, Alexandra, Janka-Schaub, Gritta, Coates, Thomas, Vermylen, Christiane, Olivieri, Nancy, Thuret, Isabelle, Opitz, Herbert, Ressayre-Djaffer, Catherine, Marks, Peter, Alberti, Daniele

“…Deferasirox (ICL670) is a once-daily oral iron chelator developed for the treatment of chronic iron overload from blood transfusions. A comparative phase 3…”
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Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in thalassaemia major patients by transient elastography (TE) – lack of interference by iron deposition by Di Marco, Vito, Bronte, Fabrizio, Cabibi, Daniela, Calvaruso, Vincenza, Alaimo, Giuseppe, Borsellino, Zelia, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Almasio, Piero Luigi, Capra, Marcello, Craxì, Antonio

“…Summary The correlation between liver stiffness, measured by transient elastography, liver fibrosis, using the histological METAVIR score, and iron overload,…”
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Management of chronic viral hepatitis in patients with thalassemia: recommendations from an international panel by Di Marco, Vito, Capra, Marcello, Angelucci, Emanuele, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Telfer, Paul, Harmatz, Paul, Kattamis, Antonis, Prossamariti, Luciano, Filosa, Aldo, Rund, Deborah, Gamberini, Maria Rita, Cianciulli, Paolo, De Montalembert, Marianne, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Foster, Graham, Grangè, Jean Didier, Cassarà, Filippo, Iacono, Angela, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Brittenham, Gary M., Prati, Daniele, Pietrangelo, Antonello, Craxì, Antonio, Maggio, Aurelio

“…Chelation therapy with new drugs prevents cardiac damage and improves the survival of thalassemia patients. Liver diseases have emerged as a critical clinical…”
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Improving survival with deferiprone treatment in patients with thalassemia major: A prospective multicenter randomised clinical trial under the auspices of the Italian Society for Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies by Maggio, Aurelio, Vitrano, Angela, Capra, Marcello, Cuccia, Liana, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Filosa, Aldo, Magnano, Carmelo, Rizzo, Michele, Caruso, Vincenzo, Gerardi, Calogera, Argento, Crocetta, Campisi, Saveria, Cantella, Francesco, Commendatore, Francesca, D'Ascola, Domenico Giuseppe, Fidone, Carmelo, Ciancio, Angela, Galati, Maria Concetta, Giuffrida, Gaetano, Cingari, Rocca, Giugno, Giovanni, Lombardo, Turi, Prossomariti, Luciano, Malizia, Roberto, Meo, Anna, Roccamo, Gaetano, Romeo, Maria Antonietta, Violi, Pietro, Cianciulli, Paolo, Rigano, Paolo

“…The prognosis for thalassemia major has dramatically improved in the last two decades. However, many transfusion-dependent patients continue to develop…”
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Long‐term sequential deferiprone–deferoxamine versus deferiprone alone for thalassaemia major patients: a randomized clinical trial by Maggio, Aurelio, Vitrano, Angela, Capra, Marcello, Cuccia, Liana, Gagliardotto, Francesco, Filosa, Aldo, Romeo, Maria Antonietta, Magnano, Carmelo, Caruso, Vincenzo, Argento, Crocetta, Gerardi, Calogera, Campisi, Saveria, Violi, Pietro, Malizia, Roberto, Cianciulli, Paolo, Rizzo, Michele, D’Ascola, Domenico Giuseppe, Quota, Alessandra, Prossomariti, Luciano, Fidone, Carmelo, Rigano, Paolo, Pepe, Alessia, D’Amico, Gennaro, Morabito, Alberto, Gluud, Christian

“…Summary A multicentre randomized open‐label trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of long‐term sequential deferiprone–deferoxamine (DFO–DFP) versus…”
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