Cardiac Hemosiderosis in Transfusion DependentThalassemia: A Mini-Review
Iron toxicity within cardiomyocytes is considered as the main pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction in transfusion dependent thalassemia (TDT). Various methods such as measuring serum ferritin, evaluating cardiac functional and structural parameters by either cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Zabol University of Medical sciences
2017-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Basic Science in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://ijbsm.zbmu.ac.ir/PDF/IJBSM-2-5.pdf |