Osteoporosis in Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia
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Osteoporosis-osteopenia syndrome in children with transfusion dependent thalassemia
Background Osteoporosis-osteopenia syndrome (OOS) is found in more than 50% of thalassemia patients worldwide [1,2]. Despite appropriate management, thalassemics continue to exhibit a decrease in bone mass due to the multifactorial pathogenesis of OOS in thalassemia [3]. Therefore, this study aims to obtain an insight on the thalassemia patients' perception of OOS and possible lifestyle contrib...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Arak University of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1735-5338,2008-644X
DOI: 10.32598/jams.22.5.2