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Iron overload and iron chelating agent exposure in anemia-associated outer retinal degeneration: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Deferoxamine retinopathy is the informally designated term used to describe a characteristic pattern of outer retinal degeneration in iron-overloaded chronic anemia patients who are treated with deferoxamine.We hypothesize that insufficiently treated iron overloading and not only deferoxamine is 141 the cause of the retinal dege

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Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Objective: To evaluate the role of sonography in diagnosis ofacute appendicitis, with an emphasis on early evolution cases.Methods: From 240 cases with the diagnosis of appendicitis, aretrospective study of 149 patients submitted to appendicectomyat the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, in 2002, was carried out.The appendix of these 149 patients

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