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PMCID: PMC1974786

A randomised comparison of deferasirox versus deferoxamine for the treatment of transfusional iron overload in sickle cell disease

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2 Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

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John Porter

3 University College Hospital, London, UK

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4 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

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5 Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

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5 Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

6 Children's Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

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7 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

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14 University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

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Thomas Coates

16 Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Oakland, CA

2 Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
3 University College Hospital, London, UK
4 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
5 Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
6 Children's Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
7 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
8 Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
9 University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, AL, USA
10 Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Créteil, France
11 Centro della Microcitemia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy
12 St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
13 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
14 University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
15 Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
16 Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles,