The aim of this study was to compare growth velocity in thalassemic children using two different treatment protocols. Thalassemic children were initially treated with high daily doses of desferrioxamine, obtaining a good rate of initial growth which then unexpectedly slowed down later. The introduction of a new treatment protocol reducing both the dose and frequency with which the drug was administered provoked a significant increase in the rate of growth greater than that observed in the group treated using the previous protocol.
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