Gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging study of pancreatic iron overload in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients and effect of splenectomy

BACKGROUND: Thalassemic patients suffer from diabetes mellitus secondary to hemosiderosis. AIMS: The study aimed to evaluate pancreatic iron overload by T2*-weighted Gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in young beta-thalassemia major patients and to correlate it with glucose disturbances,...

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Autores principales: Matter, Randa M, Allam, Khalid E, Sadony, Amany M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-2-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-2-23

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