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Do Patients With Thalassaemia Major Manifest Endocrine Complications? Can We Solve Them?

Journal: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (Vol.3, No. 12)

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Page : 379-381

Keywords : thalassaemia; iron; deferasirox; delayed puberty; hypogonadism;

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Abstract

It is estimated that endocrine abnormalities are present in thalasaemic patients. Despite the early diagnosis and the optimal iron chelation therapy, there are still important in many clinical situations like: delayed sexual maturation and impaired fertility. The aim of the study was to assess the correlation of ferritin level and growth and sexual hormones of organism in inidividuals with thalassaemia. A statistically negative correlation was found between ferritin level at the end of third year of treatment with Deferasirox and testosterone, (r=-0.6 p

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