Normal lumbar bone mineral density in optimally treated children and young adolescents with beta-thalassaemia major

Osteopenia/osteoporosis of multi-factorial pathogenetic mechanism is reported to be a significant cause of morbidity in adult patients with beta-thalassaemia major. Even in young patients, decreased Bone Mineral Density (BMD) values are a consistent finding in the literature. This study was performe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hormones (Athens, Greece) Greece), 2007-10, Vol.6 (4), p.334-340
Hauptverfasser:	Christoforidis, Athanasios, Kazantzidou, Eirini, Tsatra, Ioanna, Tsantali, Haido, Koliakos, George, Hatzipantelis, Emmanouil, Katzos, George, Athanassiou-Metaxa, Miranda
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Absorptiometry, Photon Adolescent Adult beta-Thalassemia - physiopathology beta-Thalassemia - therapy Blood Transfusion Body Height Bone Density Chelating Agents - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Deferoxamine - therapeutic use Female Humans Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 - blood Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - analysis Lumbar Vertebrae Male Pyridones - therapeutic use
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