TY - BOOK AU - Mai Mohamed Mohamed Abdelsalam AU - Ahmed Maher Kaddah , AU - Khaled Mohamed Salama , AU - Mohamed Ismail Alkanishy , TI - Clinucal evaluation of growth and puberty in relation to thyroid status and iron overload in multitransfused beta - thalassemia patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mai Mohamed Mohamed Abdelsalam , KW - Hypogonadism KW - Multitransfused KW - Thalassemia N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Frequent blood transfusion has increased the life expectancy of patients with Ý - thalassemia major , but it causes progressive iron overload causing important oxidative damage , mostly to the heart , liver and endocrine glands . This study aims at clinical evaluation of growth and puberty in multitransfused Egyptian Ý - thalassemia patients and its relation to their thyroid hormones levels , serum feritin level and chelation therapy UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -