β-thalassemia major

Predictors of Osteopathy among Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major

Maher Abo Bakr Al Amir, Heba Mahmoud Zein El Abdeen, Ghada Mohamed Ezzat, Asmaa Abdel Maksoud Ghanem & Ahmed Abdalla Hassan · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: Beta thalassemia comprises a group of inherited (autosomal recessive) hematologic disorders characterized by decreased or absent synthesis of β-globin chains. Beta thalassemia patients exhibit an unbalance in bone mineral turnover with increased resorptive rates and s...