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Abstract
A complex of ferric oxyhydroxide with dextrans of 5000 to 7000 daltons in a viscous solution containing 50 mg/ml of iron. It is supplied as a parenteral preparation and is used as a hematinic. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1292)
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- Dextran-Iron Complex
- Ferridextran
- Dextran Iron Complex
- Iron Dextran Complex
- Dexferrum
- Dextrofer
- Feosol
- Hematran
- Icar
- Imfergen
- Imferon
- Imperon
- Imposil
- InFed
- Norferan
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- National Library of Medicine. Iron-Dextran Complex. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007505. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007505
- Iron-Dextran Complex. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5897556