Endocrine complications in patients with thalassaemia major
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Endocrine complications in patients with thalassaemia major
Patients with multi-transfused thalassaemia major may develop severe endocrine complications due to iron overload. The anterior pituitary is particularly sensitive to iron overload which disrupts hormonal secretion resulting in hypogonadism, short stature , acquired hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism. Glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus are also common in thalassaemic patients. The sev...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1687-9856
DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2013-s1-p55