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Liver Enzymes in Children with beta-Thalassemia Major: Correlation with Iron Overload and Viral Hepatitis

BACKGROUND: Beta Thalassemia is the most common chronic hemolytic anemia in Egypt (85.1%) with an estimated carrier rate of 9-10.2%. Injury to the liver, whether acute or chronic, eventually results in an increase in serum concentrations of Alanine transaminase (ALT) and Aspartate transaminase (AST)...

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Autores principales: Salama, Khaled M., Ibrahim, Ola M., Kaddah, Ahmed M., Boseila, Samia, Ismail, Leila Abu, Hamid, May M. Abdel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2015.059