No evidence of cardiac iron in 20 never- or minimally-transfused patients with thalassemia intermedia

Haematologica. 2008 Jul;93(7):1095-6. doi: 10.3324/haematol.12484. Epub 2008 May 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Blood Transfusion / methods*
  • Ferritins / metabolism
  • Heart / physiology
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Iron Overload / complications*
  • Iron Overload / diagnosis
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • beta-Thalassemia / diagnosis*
  • beta-Thalassemia / metabolism*
  • beta-Thalassemia / therapy

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Ferritins
  • Iron