hrp0092p3-185 | Multisystem Endocrine Disorders | ESPE2019

Final Height and Endocrine Complications in Patients with β-Thalassemia Intermedia: (TI) Our Experience in Non-Transfused Versus Infrequently Transfused Patients and Correlations with Liver Iron Content

TAWFIK SOLIMAN ASHRAF , Yassin Mohamed , Yassin Khadra , Abdulla Mohammad , De Sanctis Vincenzo

We evaluated the final height and the endocrine complications encountered in young adult patients with Thalassemia Intermedia (TI) followed at Hematology Section, Doha (Qatar) in relation to the liver iron content (LIC) in non-transfused versus infrequently transfused TI patients.Patients and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed on 28 young adults with TI who were randomly selected from the Hematology clinic, National C...