Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Single Center Study from Southern Pakistan
Objectives. Skeletal complications in β-homozygous thalassemic patients are uncommon but often debilitating, even amongst children and adolescent patients with well maintained transfusion and chelation therapy. The aim is to evaluate the biochemical markers of bone turnover in regularly transfused t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Hematology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5437609 |