The Relationship Between Iron Accumulation, Vitamin D Deficiency and Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Thalassemia Major, Thalassemia Intermedia and Sickle Cell


BÜYÜKŞİMŞEK M., BAŞLAMIŞLI İ. F.

TURK OSTEOPOROZ DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS, vol.26, no.2, pp.121-126, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: Osteopenia and osteoporosis are important causes of morbidity in patients with hemoglobinopathies. This study investigates the association between iron accumulation, vitamin D and bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with thalassemia major, thalassemia intermedia and sickle cell.