Zinc Supplementation Effect on Linear Growth in Transfusion Dependent β Thalassemia

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Rahiminejad , MS ID 1
Faranoush , M ID 2
Karamizadeh , Z ID 3
Ghorbani , R ID 4
Owji , SM ID 5

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چکیده

Objective: Thalassemic patients are at risk of zinc deficiency due to various causes including desferal injection, hyperzincuria, high ferritin levels, and hepatic iron overload. We evaluate the effect of zinc supplementation on linear growth of beta-thalassemia patients. Methods: one-hundred beta-thalassemic major patients whose heights were within 3rd to l0th percentile ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
zinc, thalassemia, linear growth