Prevalence of Osteoporosis among Thalassemia Patients from Zafar Adult Thalassemia Clinic, Iran

نویسندگان
Azarkeivan, Azita ID 1
Saneifard, Hedieh ID 2
Hosseini-Zijoud, Seyed Mostafa ID 3
Noghabaei, Giti ID 4
Hashemieh, Mozhgan ID 5
Radfar, Mitra ID 6
Yaseri, Mehdi ID 7

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چکیده

Background: The advances in treatment regimes for thalassemic patients have increased the survival among them therefore osteoporosis has emerged as an important cause of morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients with thalassemia from Zafar Adult Thalassemia Clinic, Tehran, Iran. ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
alassemia, bone mineral density, osteoporosis, DEXA