CARDIAC FUNCTION AND IRON CHELATION IN THALASSEMIA MAJOR AND INTERMEDIA: A REVIEW OF THE UNDERLYING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND APPROACH TO CHELATION MANAGEMENT
Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality and one of the main causes of morbidity in beta-thalassemia. Patients with homozygous thalassemia may have either a severe phenotype which is usually transfusion dependent or a milder form that is thalassemia intermedia. The two main factors that dete...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2009-07-01
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| Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/122 |