Istituto S.Anna Crotone

Pancreatic iron overload as a marker of endocrine complications in transfusion‐dependent thalassaemia: A multicentre study

This multicentre cross-sectional study evaluated whether pancreatic iron loading could serve as a reliable biomarker for the identification of endocrine disorders in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (TDT) patients. A total of 994 adult TDT patients (53.7% female; 39.2 ± 8.3 yea...

Age-Related Patterns of Organ-Specific Iron Distribution in Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia: A Multicenter MRI Study

Objectives: This multicenter cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between age and organ-specific iron burden and characterized multi-organ iron phenotypes across different age groups in adults with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT). Methods: We retrospec...