Iron overload in the liver of thalassemic patients: Low field strength magnetic resonance Imaging with clinical and instrumental correlations;Accumulo di ferro nel fegato di pazienti con talassemia major valutato mediante risonanza magnetica con bassa intensità di campo: Correlazione con i parametri clinico-strumentali

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 764-768

  Di Renzi, Paolo ^a   Cianciulli, Paolo ^b   Preziosi, Paolo ^a   Amadori, Sergio ^b   Orlacchio, Antonio ^a,b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Thalassemia major, hepatic MRI; Thalassemia major, liver iron overload

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0030161736     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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