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Letter Comparative Study
Brain natriuretic peptide as marker of myocardial iron load in beta-thalassemia.
- Savvas Nikolidakis, Constantina Flessa, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Efstathios D Gotsis, Michael Koutouzis, Eleni Polyhronaki, Eleni Vrettou, and Zenon S Kyriakides.
- Int. J. Cardiol. 2007 Jun 12; 118 (3): 408-9.
AbstractCardiomyopathy due to iron overload represents a frequent life-limiting complication in patients with beta-thalassemia major. We have conducted a study which proved that brain natriuretic peptide plasma levels have high sensitivity and negative predictive value in detecting cardiac hemosiderosis.
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