Iron overload status in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia in China.

Yumei HuangGaohui YangMan WangXiaoyun WeiLingyuan PanJiaodi LiuYu Leinull PengLiling LongYong-Rong LaiRongrong Liu

Published in: Therapeutic advances in hematology (2022)

Our study provides a strong support for the novel findings that Chinese NTDT patients have a high prevalence of iron overload. The first assessment of MRI LIC should be performed as early as 5 years old. Then, NTDT patients > 30 years old may suffer with a high burden of iron overload.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
risk factors
contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging