How Age, Sex and Transfusion Affects the Incidence of Endo-crine and Bone Density Disorders in Major Thalassemic Patients
Mohammad-Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani,
Seyyed Amirsina Alemzadeh,
Fatemeh Abbaszadeh Marzbali
et al.
Abstract:Background: Beta-thalassemia major patients frequently have endocrinopathies. We tried to determine relation between demographic and transfusion factor and endocrinopathies.
Methods: Major beta-thalassemia patients (n=114 cases), 3–38 yr of age, entered this study. Female to male ratio was 51/63. Children (less than 20 yr) formed 57% of participants. Information about bone mineral density (BMD) and hormonal and biochemistry blood evaluation including fasting blood sugar (FBS), ferritin, triiodothyronine … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.