Table 1. Urine iron excretion in... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Urine iron excretion in response to deferiprone therapy in patients with multiply transfused iron overload

Study	No. patients	Dose mg/kg per day	Mean UIE mg/d or mg/kg per day
Agarwal et al¹¹	52	100	42
Al-Refaie et al^*¹³	11	85-119	0.44
Al-Refaie et al^*³⁰	84	50-100	0.60
Hoffbrand et al³¹	26	50-79	32
Kersten et al†³²	36	50-100	21
Del Vecchio et al³³	9	75	22
Wonke et al²⁵	9	75	38

Study	No. patients	Dose mg/kg per day	Mean UIE mg/d or mg/kg per day
Agarwal et al¹¹	52	100	42
Al-Refaie et al^*¹³	11	85-119	0.44
Al-Refaie et al^*³⁰	84	50-100	0.60
Hoffbrand et al³¹	26	50-79	32
Kersten et al†³²	36	50-100	21
Del Vecchio et al³³	9	75	22
Wonke et al²⁵	9	75	38

May be minor overlap of patients in these studies.

Mostly nonthalassemic.