Assessment of cardiac and hepatic iron overload in thalassaemic patients by magnetic resonance: A four year observational study

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Candini, Giancarlo ^a   Lappi, Sara ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiopathy; Iron overload; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE CHLORIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; THALASSEMIA;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 58149479411     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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