T2* magnetic resonance imaging of the liver in thalassemic patients in Iran

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 522-525

  Zamani, Farhad ^a   Razmjou, Sara ^a   Akhlaghpoor, Shahram ^b   Eslami, Seyyedeh Masoomeh ^c   Azarkeivan, Azita ^d   Amiri, Afsaneh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Noor Medical Imaging Center   (Iran)

^c Amol Mazandaran   (Iran)

^d IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron overload; Liver; Major thalassemia; T2* weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955937837     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.522     Document Type: Article

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