Iron overload in Brazilian thalassemic patients

Iron overload in Brazilian thalassemic patients

Objectives: To evaluate the use of magnetic resonance imaging inpatients with β-thalassemia and to compare T2* magnetic resonanceimaging results with serum ferritin levels and the redox active fraction of labile plasma iron. Methods: We have retrospectively evaluated 115 chronically transfused patie...

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Main Authors: Reijane Alves de Assis, Fernando Uliana Kay, Laércio Alberto Rosemberg, Alexandre Henrique C. Parma, Cesar Higa Nomura, Sandra Regina Loggetto, Aderson da Silva Araujo, Antonio Fabron Junior, Mônica Pinheiro de Almeida Veríssimo, Giorgio Roberto Baldanzi, Merula A. Steagal, Claudia Angela Galleni Di Sessa Velloso, Breno Pannia Espósito, Sandra Saemi Nakashima, Michelli da Silva Diniz, Fernando Tricta, Ronaldo Hueb Baroni, Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão Funari, John C. Wood, Andreza Alice Feitosa Ribeiro, Nelson Hamerschlak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2011-06-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Blood transfusion
Magnetic resonance imaging
Biopsy
Iron overload
Online Access:http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/1897-Einstein_v9n2_165-172.pdf

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