Correlation of liver iron concentration determined by R2 magnetic resonance imaging with serum ferritin in patients with thalassemia intermedia

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1584-1586

  Taher, Ali ^a   El Rassi, Fuad ^a   Isma'eel, Hussain ^a   Koussa, Suzane ^b   Inati, Adlette ^b,c   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Chronic Care Center Hazmieh   (Lebanon)

^c RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 54349095611     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.13098     Document Type: Letter

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