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Higher Serum Ferritin Levels Correlate with an Increased Risk of Cutaneous Morbidity in Adult Patients with β-Thalassemia: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2016
Skandalis Konstantinos, Vlachos Christoforos, Pliakou Xanthi, Gaitanis Georgios, Kapsali Eleni, Bassukas Ioannis D
Abstract excerpt
Disturbed iron homeostasis characterizes β-thalassemia and increases its morbidity. Our aim was to retrospectively associate β-thalassemia disease characteristics with treatment-requiring skin conditions. The files of adult β-thalassemia (including sickle β-thalassemia) patients were screened over a 10-year period for treatment-requiring skin disease episodes and their correlation with hematologic diagnoses and...
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