Ultrasonographic assessment of the prevalence of cholelithiasis and biliary sludge in β-thalassemia patients in Iran

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lotfi, Mehrzad ^a,c   Keramati, Pegah ^a   Assadsangabi, Reza ^a   Nabavizadeh, Seyed Ali ^a   Karimi, Mehran ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Cholelithiasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPLENECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BILE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449092755     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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