Levels of non-transferrin-bound iron as an index of iron overload in patients with thalassaemia intermedia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-572

  Taher, Ali ^a,b   Musallam, Khaled M ^a   El Rassi, Fouad ^a   Duca, Lorena ^c   Inati, Adlette ^b,d   Koussa, Suzane ^b   Cappellini, Maria D ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Chronic Cancer Care Centre   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Non transferrin bound iron; Thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; NON TRANSFERRIN BOUND IRON; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949212139     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07810.x     Document Type: Article

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