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Bone mineral density and calcium metabolism in adolescents with beta-thalassemia major.
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Oct 2008
Tantawy Azza A, El Kholy Mohamed, Moustafa Tarek, Elsedfy Heba H
Abstract excerpt
Bone disease in thalassemia in the form of low bone mass remains a frequent, debilitating and poorly understood problem, even among well transfused and chelated pre-pubertal and adult patients. In this work we attempted to delineate calcium status and bone mineral density in a group of transfusio...
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