Age-related complications in treatment-naïve patients with thalassaemia intermedia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 486-489

  Taher, Ali T ^a   Musallam, Khaled M ^a   El Beshlawy, Amal ^b   Karimi, Mehran ^c   Daar, Shahina ^d   Belhoul, Khawla ^e   Saned, Mohamed Salaheldin ^e   Graziadei, Giovanna ^f   Cappellini, Maria D ^f  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^e Al Wasl Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

age; anaemia; complications; iron overload; thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

CHOLELITHIASIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LEG ULCER; LETTER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77955160429     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08220.x     Document Type: Letter

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