Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients

نویسندگان

1 Research Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.

2 Pediatric Growth and Development Research center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

3 Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran

4 Pediatric Growth and Development Research center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

5 Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

6 Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

7 Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran

8 Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.

9 Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

10 Pediatric Growth and Development Research center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

11 Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

12 Pediatric Growth and Development Research center, Institute of Endocrinology Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

doi
10.61186/ijbc.16.1.53
چکیده

The health-related quality of life and management of patients with thalassemia has significantly improved in recent years due to standard treatments and safe blood transfusions with effective chelation therapy to reduce iron overload. Transfusion-dependent thalassemia is associated with numerous skeletal abnormalities, including osteoporosis, which is a significant cause of morbidity in ...