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How Early Can Myocardial Iron Overload Occur in Beta Thalassemia Major?

BACKGROUND: Myocardial siderosis is the most common cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia major(TM). This study aimed at investigating the occurrence, prevalence and severity of cardiac iron overload in a young Chinese population with beta TM. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed T2* cardiac...

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Autores principales: Yang, Gaohui, Liu, Rongrong, Peng, Peng, Long, Liling, Zhang, Xinhua, Yang, Weijia, Tan, Shaohong, Pan, Hongfei, Long, Xingjiang, He, Taigang, Anderson, Lisa, Lai, Yongrong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085379