Molecular and clinical factors affecting myocardial iron retention in transfusional haemosiderosis
Myocardial haemosiderosis (MH) complicates Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemias (TDT), increasing mortality from cardiomyopathy. Plasma non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) and its redox-active component, labile plasma iron (LPI), are potential causes of MH. In 73 TDT patients, those with MH had signifi...
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University College London (University of London)
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.763167 |