MRI for the diagnosis of cardiac and liver iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: An algorithm to guide clinical use when availability is limited

Viprakasit V 1 , Ajlan A 2 , Aydinok Y 3 , Al Ebadi BAA 4 , Dewedar H 5 , Ibrahim AS 6 Show all authors , Ragab L 7 , Trad O 8 , Wataify AS 9 , Wong LLL 10 , Taher AT 11

Affiliations 

  • 1 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Siriraj Thalassemia Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2 Radiology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Ege University Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
  • 4 Basra Centre for Hereditary Blood Diseases, Basra, Iraq
  • 5 Thalassemia Center, Hematology Unit, Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates
  • 6 Radiodiagnosis Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 7 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 8 Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 9 Babylon Center of Hereditary Blood Disorders, Babylon university, Babylon, Iraq
  • 10 Hematology Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 11 Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
Am J Hematol, 2018 06;93(6):E135-E137.
PMID: 29473204 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25075

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