ESPE Abstracts

Background: The etiology of bone disease in thalassemic patients is multifactorial. Factors such as hormonal deficiency (especially gonadal failure), bone marrow expansion, increased iron stores, desferioxamine toxicity, calcium, and vitamin D deficiency seem to have a serious impact on impaired bone metabolism in this disease.Objectives: To estimate the frequency of calcium homeostasis abnormalities in adolescent thalassemic patients, and to investigate...