MRI assessment of liver iron content in thalassamic patients with three different protocols: Comparisons and correlations

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 388-392

  Christoforidis, Athanasios ^a,c   Perifanis, Vassilios ^a   Spanos, George ^b   Vlachaki, Efthimia ^a   Economou, Marina ^a   Tsatra, Ioanna ^a   Athanassiou Metaxa, Miranda ^a  

^a Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b Diagnostic Laboratory Eurodiagnosis   (Greece)

^c Aristotle University Medical School   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249125576     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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