Serum ferritin levels, socio-demographic factors and desferrioxamine therapy in multi-transfused thalassemia major patients at a government tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Beta thalassemia is the most frequent genetic disorder of haemoglobin synthesis in Pakistan. Recurrent transfusions lead to iron-overload manifested by increased serum Ferritin levels, for which chelation therapy is required. FINDINGS: The study was conducted in the Pediatric Emergency u...

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Autores principales: Riaz, Haris, Riaz, Talha, Khan, Muhammad Ubaid, Aziz, Sina, Ullah, Faizan, Rehman, Anis, Zafar, Qandeel, Kazi, Abdul Nafey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21834969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-287

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