Haematologica (Jan 2008)

A T2* magnetic resonance imaging study of pancreatic iron overload in thalassemia major

  • Wing-Yan Au,
  • Wynnie Wai-Man Lam,
  • Winnie Chu,
  • Sidney Tam,
  • Wai-Keng Wong,
  • Raymond Liang,
  • Shau-Yin Ha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.11768
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 1

Abstract

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We studied the utility of pancreatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 72 thalassemia major patients (21 diabetic, 51 normoglycemic). Diabetic patients were significantly older (p