Thalassemia

Assessment of Serum Vitamin D, Ferritin and Bone Age in Children with Beta Thalassemia

Ira Devi Alamsyah Guntoro, Wulandewi Marhaeni, Alfi Yasmina, Ari Yunanto & Arief Budiarto · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a common condition that occurs in children with beta thalassemia with a multifactorial aetiology. Excess iron in the liver, skin, parathyroid, and endocrine organs (pituitary) is studied as a cause of vitamin D deficiency in beta thalassemia pa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i121333

Comparison between Conventional Iron Chelating Medicine and Natural Iron Chelating Substance on Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients - A Study from West Bengal, India

Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya & Ujjalendu Bikash Mondal · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: The aim of this study was to find a harmless, cost effective and easy available iron chelating agent for blood transfusion dependent thalassemia patients who developed iron overload due to repeated blood transfusions and subsequent failure of vital organs and need a concomi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29569