Unrecognized vertebral fractures in adolescents and young adults with thalassemia syndromes

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-217

  Engkakul, Pontipa ^a,b   Mahachoklertwattana, Pat ^a   Jaovisidha, Suphaneewan ^a   Chuansumrit, Ampaiwan ^a   Poomthavorn, Preamrudee ^a   Chitrapazt, Niyata ^a   Chuncharunee, Suporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bone; Children; Thalassemia; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IRON CHELATION; LEG FRACTURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPLENECTOMY; SYNDROME; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876151086     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182841574     Document Type: Article

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