"Deferoxamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Natural product isolated from Streptomyces pilosus. It forms iron complexes and is used as a chelating agent, particularly in the mesylate form.
| Descriptor ID |
D003676
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.570.394.265 D02.241.511.372.265
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| Concept/Terms |
Deferoxamine- Deferoxamine
- Desferrioxamine
- Desferioximine
- Deferoxamine B
- Desferrioxamine B
- Deferoximine
- Deferrioxamine B
- Desferroxamine
Desferrioxamine B Mesylate- Desferrioxamine B Mesylate
- Mesylate, Desferrioxamine B
- Deferoxamine Mesilate
- Mesilate, Deferoxamine
- Deferoxamine Mesylate
- Mesylate, Deferoxamine
- Deferoxamine Methanesulfonate
- Methanesulfonate, Deferoxamine
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Consequences and costs of noncompliance with iron chelation therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: a literature review. Transfusion. 2007 Oct; 47(10):1919-29.