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. 2018 Dec 14;9:241–251. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S170523

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ICT plus Al-hijamah (wet cupping therapy of prophetic medicine) significantly decreased both serum ferritin and free radicals and improved the antioxidant power.

Notes: All studied children are thalassemic children receiving ICT. The control group did not undergo Al-hijamah treatment. There is no healthy control. (A) ICT plus Al-hijamah significantly decreased serum ferritin (***P<0.001). (B) ICT plus Al-hijamah significantly decreased serum malondialdehyde (P<0.05). (C) ICT plus Al-hijamah significantly improved TAC (***P<0.001).

Abbreviations: ICT, iron chelation therapy; TAC, total antioxidant capacity.