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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1ST PAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CONFERENCE ON HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES DAMASCUS (SYRIA), 1–2 MAY, 2009 GUEST EDITORS: MICHAEL ANGASTINIOTIS AND ANDROULLA ELEFTHERIOUThe Third Section: Heart Complications

Assessment and Treatment of Cardiac Iron Overload in Thalassemia

A. Aessopos First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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D. Farmakis First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
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A. Andreopoulos First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
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M. Tsironi First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece; Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece
Pages S87-S92 | Published online: 13 Dec 2009

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