MAGNETIC RESONANCE DETECTION OF KIDNEY IRON DEPOSITION IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE: A MARKER OF CHRONIC HEMOLYSIS

PURPOSE: To study the pattern, etiology, and significance of renal iron accumulation in chronically transfused sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia major (TM) patients, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI was performed in 75 SCD patients, 73 TM patients, and 16 he...

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Main Authors: Schein, Aaron, Enriquez, Cathleen, Coates, Thomas D., Wood, John C.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2008
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597353/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18777554
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.21490
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