Serum ferritin levels and irregular use of iron chelators predict liver iron load in patients with major beta thalassemia: a cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: Higher serum ferritin strongly predicted the severity of cardiac and liver iron load. Irregular use of chelator drugs was associated with a higher risk of cardiac and liver iron load, regardless of the type of chelating agent.
PMID: 31686454 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Croatian Medical Journal - October 30, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sobhani S, Rahmani F, Rahmani M, Askari M, Kompani F Tags: Croat Med J Source Type: research