Thyroid hemodynamic alterations in Egyptian patients with sickle cell disease: relation to disease severity, total body iron and thyroid function.
Conclusion: The authors demonstrated an increased intra-thyroidal RI & PI and a decreased thyroid volume among SCD patients which might be related to impaired thyroidal microcirculation and vasculopathy rather than iron overload.
PMID: 31206301 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Hematology - Category: Hematology Tags: Expert Rev Hematol Source Type: research
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