Differences in the prevalence of growth, endocrine and vitamin D abnormalities among the various thalassaemia syndromes in North America

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-556

  Vogiatzi, Maria G ^a   MacKlin, Eric A ^b   Trachtenberg, Felicia L ^c   Fung, Ellen B ^d   Cheung, Angela M ^e   Vichinsky, Elliott ^d   Olivieri, Nancy ^e   Kirby, Melody ^f   Kwiatkowski, Janet L ^g   Cunningham, Melody ^h   Holm, Ingrid A ^h   Fleisher, Martin ⁱ   Grady, Robert W ^a   Peterson, Charles M ^j   Giardina, Patricia J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Endocrinopathies; Hypercalciuria; Hypogonadism; Short stature; Thalassemia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DEFEROXAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON CHELATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYENDOCRINOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; SOMATOMEDINS; THALASSEMIA; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949208818     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07793.x     Document Type: Article

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