Erschienen in:
17.10.2018 | Scientific Letter
Peripheral Neuropathy in Thalassemia Major
verfasst von:
Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Anjali Verma, Harshit Sharma, Kiran Bala, Surekha Dabla, Alka Yadav
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 4/2019
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Neurological complications, including peripheral neuropathy have been described in adolescents and adults with thalassemia major. However, its prevalence in children and the impact of effective chelation on the development of peripheral neuropathy is mostly undetermined. These complications have been attributed to various factors such as iron overload, chronic hypoxia, and drug-induced neurotoxicity with desferrioxamine [
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