[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of stature growth complications in β-thalassemia major patients

M Arab-Zozani, S Kheyrandish, A Rastgar… - Annals of global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Blood transfusion is a traditional treatment for β-thalassemia (β-thal) that
improves the patients' anemia and lifespan, but it may lead to iron overload in parenchymal …

New entity—thalassemic endocrine disease: major beta-thalassemia and endocrine involvement

M Carsote, C Vasiliu, AI Trandafir, SE Albu… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Beta-thalassemia (BTH), a recessively inherited haemoglobin (Hb) disorder, causes iron
overload (IO), extra-medullary haematopoiesis and bone marrow expansion with major …

Iron Overload in Chronic Kidney Disease: Less Ferritin, More T2*MRI

AJ Nashwan, MA Yassin, MI Mohamed Ibrahim… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To date, there is no consensus on the most reliable marker of iron status in patients with
chronic kidney disease (CKD). Serum ferritin is used routinely, although it may be a …

Thalassemia and Iron Overload Cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiological Insights, Clinical Implications, and Management Strategies

BA Ansharullah, H Sutanto, PZ Romadhon - Current Problems in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by reduced hemoglobin
production, leading to chronic anemia. A major complication of thalassemia management is …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent spinal cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis in thalassemia patient: case report

S Abbarh, AF Al-Mashdali, M Abdelrazek… - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Conclusion: Early diagnosis and management of EMH compressing the spinal cord are
essential to prevent permanent neurological damage. Diagnosis should be suspected …

Serum ferritin levels and other associated parameters with diabetes mellitus in adult patients suffering from beta thalassemia major

AS Ibrahim, AH Abd El-Fatah… - Journal of Blood …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Although beta thalassemia major (BTM) patients are properly treated with blood
transfusions in accompany with iron chelation therapy, they suffer from complications, such …

[HTML][HTML] Final height and endocrine complications in patients with β-thalassemia intermedia: our experience in non-transfused versus infrequently transfused patients …

MA Yassin, AT Soliman, V De Sanctis… - … of Hematology and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background β-thalassemia intermedia (TI) spans a wide spectrum of severity and carries
higher morbidity than previously recognized, including extramedullary hematopoiesis, leg …

COVID‐19 and thalassemia beta major in splenectomized patient: Clinical case progression and literature review

L Okar, M Ali, J Parengal, MA Yassin - Clinical Case Reports, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 and thalassemia beta major in splenectomized patient: Clinical case
progression and literature review - Okar - 2020 - Clinical Case Reports - Wiley Online …

[HTML][HTML] Thalassemia and Priapism: A Literature Review of a Rare Association

S Sardar, EA Ali, MA Yassin - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thalassemia is a hematologic disorder caused by genetic mutation resulting in impaired
hemoglobin chain production. Patients with thalassemia commonly experience …

GH/IGF-1 axis in a large cohort of ß-thalassemia major adult patients: a cross-sectional study

I Gagliardi, R Mungari, MR Gamberini, M Fortini… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose GH deficit (GHD) could represent an endocrine issue in ß-Thalassemia Major
(ßTM) patients. GH/IGF-1 axis has not been extensively explored in ßTM adults, so far. We …