Relationship between serum ferritin and growth status of pediatric transfusion dependent thalassemia

• Main Authors: Andi Cahyadi (Author), I Dewa Gede Ugrasena (Author), Mia Ratwita Andarsini (Author), Maria Christina Shanty Larasati (Author), Raden Muhammad Zulfan Jauhari (Author), Diah Kusuma Arumsari (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Growth retardation is a long-term complication in pediatric transfusion-dependent thalassemias (TDTs), presented as short-stature and upper body segment shortening. The cause of this condition was chronic hypoxia, iron overload, endocrinopathy, inadequate transfusion, and iron chelation....