Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels and Their Relation to Serum Ferritin Levels in Children with Thalassemia Major: One-Center Study in Western Indonesia
Amirah Zatil Izzah, Zelly Dia Rofinda & Firman Arbi · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2017
Background: Children with thalassemia major need regular blood transfusions to survive. These multiple transfusions put them at risk for iron overload, which result in organ damage such as parathyroid gland. The aim of this study is to determine levels of calcium, phosphorus, vit...
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10.9734/JAMPS/2017/35473