The liver in patients with β-thalassemia major. Determination of iron concentration with magnetic resonance imaging;Il fegato nei pazienti affetti da β-talassemia major: Determinazione della concentrazione di ferro con risonanza magnetica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Midiri, Massimo ^a,d   Gallo, Cristina ^d   Finazzo, Mario ^d   Maggio, Aurelio ^b   Morabito, Alberto ^c   Castelli, Francesco ^d   Lagalla, Roberto ^d  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ist di Stat Medica e Biometria   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Iron content Liver; Liver; MRI; Thalassemia major Liver iron

Indexed keywords

IRON;

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

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

EID: 0032618045     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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