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Liver iron and serum ferritin levels are misleading for estimating cardiac, pancreatic, splenic and total body iron load in thalassemia patients: factors influencing the heterogenic distribution of excess storage iron in organs as identified by MRI T2*

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Pages 48-56 | Received 02 Aug 2012, Accepted 01 Sep 2012, Published online: 04 Sep 2012

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