Association of iron overload based quantitative T2* MRI technique and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with beta-thalassemia: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Body iron status has been implicated in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The main hypothesis is that high iron status is associated with increased risk of atherosclerosis. We investigated the potential role of iron as an additional risk factor promoting atherosclerosis among beta-...

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Autores principales: Akhlaghpoor, Shahram, Hoseini, Morteza, Jafarisepehr, Amirhosein
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21194437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-10-62

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