Adrenal glands in beta-thalassemia major: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features and correlation with iron stores

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2462-2468

  Drakonaki, Eleni ^a   Papakonstantinou, Olympia ^a   Maris, Thomas ^a   Vasiliadou, Artemis ^b   Papadakis, Alex ^c   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Thalassemia Unit   (Greece)

^c Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; MR imaging; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL GLAND EXAMINATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON CHELATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER HEMOSIDEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 31544477163     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2855-1     Document Type: Article

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