Absence of cardiac siderosis by MRI T2* despite transfusion burden, hepatic and serum iron overload in Lebanese patients with sickle cell disease

Absence of cardiac siderosis by MRI T2* despite transfusion burden, hepatic and serum iron overload in Lebanese patients with sickle cell disease

Background:  The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect organ-specific iron overload is becoming increasingly common. Although hepatic iron overload has been recognized in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), cardiac iron deposition has only been examined in a few reports. Methods:  T...

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Main Author: Inati, Adlette (author)
Other Authors: Musallam, Khaled M. (author), Wood, John C. (author), Sheikh-Taha, Marwan (author), Daou, Linda (author), Taher, Ali T. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01345.x
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01345.x/full
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01345.x
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01345.x/full

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