Ferritin thresholds for cardiac and liver hemosiderosis in β-thalassemia patients: a diagnostic accuracy study
Abstract Ferritin is frequently used to screen some dire consequences of iron overload in β-thalassemia patients. The study aimed to define the best cutoff point of ferritin to screen for cardiac and liver hemosiderosis in these cases. This was a registry-based study on β-thalassemia patients living...
Main Authors: | Hadi Darvishi-Khezri, Aily Aliasgharian, Mohammad Naderisorki, Mehrnoush Kosaryan, Mobin Ghazaiean, Hanie Fallah, Mohammad Zahedi, Hossein Karami |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-10-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22234-9 |
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