Research Article

The Management of Iron Chelation Therapy: Preliminary Data from a National Registry of Thalassaemic Patients

Table 3

Percentage of use of the different chelating agents in the centres participating to the study and having in care both paediatric and adult patients.

Iron chelation treatmentMedian (%)Min–Max (%)

DFO24.58.1–70.8
DFP14.93.8–49.5
DFX28.917.0–41.5
Combined therapy25.40.0–34.2