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Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence in Major Thalasemia Tabriz Children Hospital

Hepatic Abnormalities

Needle biopsies of the liver were performed on 30 patients with heart failure and correlated with clinical features and biochemical liver function studies. Hepatic biopsy served as a useful adjunct to other methods in deciding the status of the liver in this group. Type of heart disease, degree of heart failure and length of heart failure could not be correlated with the observed histology. Nei...

Evaluation of Hearing Threshold in Patients with Beta Thalasemia Major Receiving Regular ChelationTherapy with Desferrioxamine (DFO)

The aim of this study was the evaluation of hearing threshold in patients with beta thalasemia major. For this purpose, 178 patients who were under regular chelation therapy with desferrioxamine (DFO) were selected and underwent ear, nose, throat examinations and audiological evaluations. Patients were between 4 to 25 years old and 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Three patients were excl...

restless legs syndrome prevalence in major thalasemia tabriz children hospital

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The Frequency of - thalasemia Major Complications in Patients Referred to Kerman Center for Special Diseases during 6 Months

Background & Aims: Major ( -thalassemia is a chronic and costly disease for health care system. Although regular transfusion reduces the disease complications, it is associated with complications of hemosiderosis. This study was performed to determine ( – thalassemia complications in patients referred to Kerman center for special diseases regardless of their age. Methods: This cross-sectional s...