Iron deposits in the knee joints of a thalassemic patient

The overall prognosis for patients with ß-thalassemia has improved considerably during the past decades mainly due to regular blood transfusions, improvements in chelation therapy, and enhanced surveillance with imaging studies examining iron overload and other clinical complications. However, the p...

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Main Authors: Charalambos P Economides, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Michalis Hadjigavriel, Ioannis Seimenis, Apostolos Karantanas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-02-01
Series:Acta Radiologica Open
Online Access:http://arr.sagepub.com/content/2/1/1.full.pdf