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Cholelithiasis and Gilbert's syndrome in homozygous beta-thalassaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Dec 2001
Galanello R, Piras S, Barella S, Leoni G B, Cipollina M D, Perseu L, Cao A
Abstract excerpt
Cholelithiasis has been reported with a variable incidence in homozygous beta-thalassaemia, the reasons for which have only partially been defined. Disease-associated factors or specific modifier genes may be implicated. We assessed the prevalence of cholelithiasis and the effect of co-inherited Gilbert's syndrome genotype on its development in 261 thalassaemia major (TM) and 35 thalassaemia intermedia (TI)...
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