Comparison of liver MRI R2(FerriScan®) VS liver MRI T2* as a measure of body iron load in a cohort of beta thalassaemia major patients

To compare the similarity of the non-patented T2* and the high cost patented R2 (Ferriscan®) MRI techniques in the measurement of liver iron concentration (LIC) in heavily transfused patients with thalassaemia major in a real- life Sri Lankan hospital setup. We compared LIC measured by MRI, obtained...

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Autores principales: Padeniya, Padmapani, Siriwardana, Shirom, Ediriweera, Dileepa, Samarasinghe, Nayana, Silva, Sasanka, Silva, Ishari, Ahamed, Nizri, Niriella, Madunil, Premawardhena, Anuja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-1301-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-1301-4

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