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Hemoglobin
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PROCEEDINGS 15th ICOCTaiwan, April 2005

Low Serum Ferritin Levels are Misleading for Detecting Cardiac Iron Overload and Increase the Risk of Cardiomyopathy in Thalassemia Patients. The Importance of Cardiac Iron Overload Monitoring Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2 and T2*

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Pages 219-227 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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