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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2009
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| 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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