Severe Liver Iron Concentrations (LIC) in 24 Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: Correlations with Serum Ferritin, Liver Enzymes and Endocrine Complications

INTRODUCTION: Chronic blood transfusion is the mainstay of care for individuals with β-thalassemia major (BTM). However, it causes iron-overload that requires monitoring and management by long-term iron chelation therapy to prevent endocrinopathies and cardiomyopathies, which can be fatal. Hepatic R...

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Autores principales: Kanbour, Ibrahim, Chandra, Prem, Soliman, Ashraf, De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Nashwan, Abdulqadir, Abusamaan, Sandra, Moustafa, Abbas, Yassin, Mohamed A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.062

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.062

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