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Assessment of iron overload in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with transfusion dependent beta thalassaemia and its correlation with pathogenic variants in HBB, HFE, SLC40A1, and TFR2 genes
BACKGROUND: Iron overload (IO) is a complication in transfusion dependent beta thalassaemia (TDT). Pathogenic variants in genes involving iron metabolism may confer increased risk of IO. The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of the cardiac and hepatic IO and determine whether pa...
Autores principales: | Dissanayake, Ruwangi, Samarasinghe, Nayana, Waidyanatha, Samantha, Pathirana, Sajeewani, Neththikumara, Nilaksha, Dissanayake, Vajira H. W., Wetthasinghe, Kalum, Gooneratne, Lallindra, Wickramasinghe, Pujitha |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35705926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03191-8 |
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