How Early Can Myocardial Iron Overload Occur in Beta Thalassemia Major?

Gaohui Yang; Rongrong Liu; Peng Peng; Liling Long; Xinhua Zhang; Weijia Yang; Shaohong Tan; Hongfei Pan; Xingjiang Long; Taigang He; Lisa Anderson; Yongrong Lai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085379

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How Early Can Myocardial Iron Overload Occur in Beta Thalassemia Major?

Gaohui Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaohui Yang, Rongrong Liu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Rongrong Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaohui Yang, Rongrong Liu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Peng Peng,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Liling Long,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Xinhua Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Hematology, 303rd Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Nanning, China
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Weijia Yang,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children Hospital of Guilin, Guilin, China
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Shaohong Tan,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children Hospital of Yulin, Yulin, China
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Hongfei Pan,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationality, Baise, China
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Xingjiang Long,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The People's Hospital of Liuzhou, Liuzhou, China
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Taigang He,

Affiliations Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom, Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Lisa Anderson,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Yongrong Lai

* E-mail: laiyongrong@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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How Early Can Myocardial Iron Overload Occur in Beta Thalassemia Major?

Gaohui Yang,
Rongrong Liu,
Peng Peng,
Liling Long,
Xinhua Zhang,
Weijia Yang,
Shaohong Tan,
Hongfei Pan,
Xingjiang Long,
Taigang He

Published: January 22, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085379

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