Subclinical renal abnormalities in young thalassemia major and intermedia patients and its relation to chelation therapy
Background: Limited data are available about renal involvement in thalassemia patients. Renal dysfunction in these patients seems to be multifactorial attributed mainly to long standing anemia, chronic hypoxia, iron overload and toxicity of iron chelators. Objective: To assess the frequency of subcl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863014000676 |