Bone mineral density, biochemical and hormonal profiles in suboptimally treated children and adolescents with β‐thalassaemia disease
- 28 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 58 (3) , 273-279
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01707.x
Abstract
Objective Thalassaemia/haemoglobinopathy is a hereditary disease causing increased erythropoiesis and expansion of the bone marrow cavity. As a consequence, there is a reduction in trabecular bone ti...Keywords
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