Foroogh Salehi

Department of Endocrinology, Vali Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

[ 1 ] - Evaluation of Thyroid Dysfunction during Imatinib Therapy in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Background: Imatinib mesylate is the first generation of Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and highly effective in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We aimed to evaluate thyroid function at baseline and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after initiation of Imatinib mesylate therapy in 20 newly diagnosed BCR-ABL positive CML patients. Methods: This study was done during 2013-2014, 20 new c...