Renal functions in pediatric patients with beta-thalassemia major: relation to chelation therapy: original prospective study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In β-thalassemia, profound anemia and severe hemosiderosis cause functional and physiological abnormalities in various organ systems. In recent years, there have been few published studies mainly in adult demonstrating renal involvem...

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Main Authors: ElMelegy Nagla T, Hamed Enas A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.ijponline.net/content/36/1/39