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| For: | Kontoghiorghe CN, Andreou N, Constantinou K, Kontoghiorghes GJ. World health dilemmas: Orphan and rare diseases, orphan drugs and orphan patients. World J Methodol 2014; 4(3): 163-188 [PMID: 25332915 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v4.i3.163] |
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George J. Kontoghiorghes, Annita Kolnagou, Stella Fetta, Christina N. Kontoghiorghe. Conventional and Unconventional Approaches for Innovative Drug Treatments in COVID-19: Looking Outside of Plato’s Cave. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021; 22(13): 7208 doi: 10.3390/ijms22137208
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Christina Kontoghiorghe, Annita Kolnagou, George Kontoghiorghes. Phytochelators Intended for Clinical Use in Iron Overload, Other Diseases of Iron Imbalance and Free Radical Pathology. Molecules 2015; 20(11): 20841 doi: 10.3390/molecules201119725
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George J. Kontoghiorghes, Annita Kolnagou, Christina N. Kontoghiorghe. Post COVID-19 Reflections and Questions: How Prepared Are We for the Next Pandemic?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024; 25(2): 859 doi: 10.3390/ijms25020859
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George J. Kontoghiorghes. New Iron Metabolic Pathways and Chelation Targeting Strategies Affecting the Treatment of All Types and Stages of Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022; 23(22): 13990 doi: 10.3390/ijms232213990
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George J. Kontoghiorghes. Drug Selection and Posology, Optimal Therapies and Risk/Benefit Assessment in Medicine: The Paradigm of Iron-Chelating Drugs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023; 24(23): 16749 doi: 10.3390/ijms242316749
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George J. Kontoghiorghes. Deferiprone: A Forty-Year-Old Multi-Targeting Drug with Possible Activity against COVID-19 and Diseases of Similar Symptomatology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022; 23(12): 6735 doi: 10.3390/ijms23126735
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George J. Kontoghiorghes, Annita Kolnagou, Christina N. Kontoghiorghe, Loukia Mourouzidis, Viktor A. Timoshnikov, Nikolay E. Polyakov. Trying to Solve the Puzzle of the Interaction of Ascorbic Acid and Iron: Redox, Chelation and Therapeutic Implications. Medicines 2020; 7(8): 45 doi: 10.3390/medicines7080045
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George J Kontoghiorghes, Christina N Kontoghiorghe. Prospects for the introduction of targeted antioxidant drugs for the prevention and treatment of diseases related to free radical pathology. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 2019; 28(7): 593 doi: 10.1080/13543784.2019.1631284
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George J. Kontoghiorghes. Questioning Established Theories and Treatment Methods Related to Iron and Other Metal Metabolic Changes, Affecting All Major Diseases and Billions of Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022; 23(3): 1364 doi: 10.3390/ijms23031364
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