Relationship Between Endocrinopathies and Ferritin Levels in Adult Turkish Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Single-Center Experience
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: GÜLSÜM AKGÜN ÇAĞLIYAN, GÜZİN FİDAN YAYLALI, Nur SOYER, Sibel Hacioglu, Omer Cagliyan, Nil Guler
ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2021, vol 43, pp 37-42
Summary
Objective: Despite regular transfusions and iron-chelation therapies, endocrine complications still remain an important cause of morbidity in patients with beta thalassemia major (BTM). We aimed to evaluate the relationship between endocrine complications and serum ferritin levels in adult patients with BTM.