Magnetic resonance imaging to determine the incidence of brain ischaemia in patients with β-thalassaemia intermedia

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 989-993

  Karimi, Mehran ^a   Bagheri, Hadi ^b   Rastgu, Fatemeh ^a   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer A ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain ischaemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952020351     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-09-0661     Document Type: Article

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