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Different patterns of myocardial iron overload by T2* Cardiovascular MR as markers of risk for cardiac complication in thalassemia major

✍ Scribed by Antonella Meloni; Vincenzo Positano; Petra Keilberg; Brunella Favilli; Claudio Ascioti; Gianluca Valeri; Angelo Zuccarelli; Anna Pietrapertosa; Massimo Lombardi; Alessia Pepe

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 93 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-m1

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