Increased survival in patients with β thalassemia major (TM) allowed for several
complications of the disease and its treatment to manifest, one of which is bone disease …

Thalassemia-associated osteoporosis constitutes a major complication in patients with
thalassemia. This review presents the existing studies on the treatment of thalassemia …

Recently introduced chelation regimens that combine deferoxamine (DFO) and deferiprone
have been shown to have greater efficacy in promoting iron excretion than either chelator …

BACKGROUND Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may have increased
cortical bone mineral density (BMD) and probably higher bone material quality as well as …

Study Design. Literature review. Objective. To present a comprehensive overview of spinal
involvement in patients with β-thalassemia, aiming to orient the spinal surgeon to these …

Background and objective GH and IGF‐I exert an important role in the control of bone
formation, as shown by decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk in adult …

Background: The advances in treatment regimes for thalassemic patients have increased
the survival among them therefore osteoporosis has emerged as an important cause of …

Objective Dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) remains the cornerstone for
osteoporosis evaluation in Thalassemia major. However, several drawbacks have been …

Abstract Purpose Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases the risk for osteoporosis but
this relationship has not been investigated among multi-transfused patients with thalassemia …

Thalassemic osteopathy includes low bone mass and impaired bone microarchitecture. We
aimed to evaluate the prevalence and determinants of bone quantity (osteoporosis) and …