Serum ferritin level and morbidity risk in transfusion-independent patients with -thalassemia intermedia: the ORIENT study

Autor: Shahina Daar, Mehran Karimi, Jerome Wulff, Ali T. Taher, Matthew Magestro, Khaled M. Musallam, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Amal El-Beshlawy, Giovanna Graziadei, Guilhem Pietri
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Zdroj: Haematologica. 99:e218-e221
ISSN: 1592-8721
0390-6078
Popis: Similar to other forms of non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia, the diagnosis of β-thalassemia intermedia is associated with a state of iron overload.[1][1]–[3][2] This occurs in the absence of regular transfusion therapy and is primarily attributed to increased intestinal iron absorption
Databáze: OpenAIRE