ESPE Abstracts

Background: The estimated prevalence of beta thalassemia is 3–8% in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. The combination of regular blood transfusions and chelation therapy has dramatically increased the life expectancy of thalassemics, but it has led to iron overload and chelation toxicity, with many complications including – growth failure, gonadal dysfunction, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, DM, etc.Objective and hypotheses: To study t...