Beneficial effects of transfusing a patient with nontransfusion-dependent thalassaemia major.
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Liver disease in transfusion dependent thalassaemia major.
AIMS To study the prevalence and severity of liver diseases of transfusion dependent thalassaemia major patients, and correlate the histological and biochemical changes of iron overload in liver with the peripheral blood markers. METHOD Liver biopsy was performed to assess the histological changes and liver iron content (LIC). RESULTS One hundred patients were evaluated (median age 11.7 yea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.51.6.471