Ultrafast CMR to deliver high volume screening of an at risk thalassemia population in the developing world: preliminary results from the TIC-TOC study (Thailand and UK international collaboration in thalassaemia using an optimised ultrafast CMR protocol)
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Ultrafast CMR to deliver high volume screening of an at risk thalassemia population in the developing world: preliminary results from the TIC-TOC study (Thailand and UK international collaboration in thalassaemia using an optimised ultrafast CMR protocol) Amna Abdel-Gadir, Yongkasem Vorasettakarnkij, Hataichanok Ngamkasem, Sabrina Nordin, Emmanuel O Ako, Monravee Tumkosit, Pranee Sutcharitchan, Peter Kellman, Stefan K Piechnik, Juliano L Fernandes, Mark Westwood, John Porter, John Malcolm Walker, James Moon
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