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Investigation of OPG/RANK/RANKL Genes as a Genetic Marker for Cardiac abnormalities in Thalassemia Major Patients.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 2017
Singh Mable Misha, Kumar Ravindra, Tewari Satyendra, Agarwal Sarita
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the role of osteoprotegerin (OPG)/RANK/RANKL variants in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and diastolic dysfunction in thalassemia major patients MATERIALS AND METHOD: One hundred and five beta-thalassemia patients who were older than 10 years of age were enrolled for the study. Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography analysis was done in all patients....
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