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Serum ferritin levels and irregular use of iron chelators predict liver iron load in patients with major beta thalassemia: a cross-sectional study

AIM: To determine whether serum ferritin, liver transaminases, and regularity and type of iron chelation protocol can be used to predict liver iron load as assessed by T2* magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with beta thalassemia major (TM). METHODS: This cross-sectional study, conducted fr...

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Autores principales: Sobhani, Soheila, Rahmani, Farzaneh, Rahmani, Maryam, Askari, Marzieh, Kompani, Farzad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Medical Schools 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31686454
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2019.60.405