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Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Response to Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in Prepubertal Patients with Transfusion-Dependent β-thalassemia (TDT): A Long-Term Retrospective Analysis

BACKGROUND: Glucose dysregulation (GD), including prediabetes and diabetes mellitus (DM), is a common complication of transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) patients. The prevalence increases with age and magnitude of iron overload, affecting a significant proportion of patients. According to the...

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Autores principales: De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Soliman, Ashraf T, Tzoulis, Ploutarchos, Daar, Shahina, Di Maio, Salvatore, Fiscina, Bernadette, Kattamis, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527203
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2021.051

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