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A Concise Review on the Frequency, Major Risk Factors and Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in β-Thalassemias: Past, Present and Future Perspectives and the ICET-A Experience

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

A Young Adult with Unintended Acute Intravenous Iron Intoxication Treated with Oral Chelation: The Use of Liver Ferriscan for Diagnosing and Monitoring Tissue Iron Load

scientific article published on January 2017

A comprehensive update of ICET-A Network on COVID-19 in thalassemias: what we know and where we stand

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

A persistent cough as atypical clinical presentation of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in a female with thalassemia intermedia

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

A pilot study on sperm DNA damage in β-thalassemia major: is there a role for antioxidants?

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Abnormal seminal parameters in patients with thalassemia intermedia and low serum folate levels

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Absence of teratogenicity of deferasirox treatment during pregnancy in a thalassaemic patient

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Acquired Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (AHH) in Thalassaemia Major Patients: An Underdiagnosed Condition?

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Acquired central hypothyroidism in a male thalassaemic patient with severe iron overload

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Advances in pubertal growth and factors influencing it: Can we increase pubertal growth?

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Adverse events during testosterone replacement therapy in 95 young hypogonadal thalassemic men

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Age at Menarche and Menstrual Abnormalities in Adolescence: Does it Matter? The Evidence from a Large Survey among Italian Secondary Schoolgirls

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

An ICET- A survey on Hypoparathyroidism in Patients with Thalassaemia Major and Intermedia: A preliminary report

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

An ICET-A survey on occult and emerging endocrine complications in patients with β-thalassemia major: Conclusions and recommendations

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

An adolescent with an asymptomatic adnexal cyst: To worry or not to worry? Medical versus surgical management options

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

An approach to constitutional delay of growth and puberty.

scientific article published on September 2012

Anemia and growth

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Are the new automated methods for bone age estimation advantageous over the manual approaches?

scientific article published on December 2014

Autoimmune diseases in Turner syndrome: an overview

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Bone disease in β thalassemia patients: past, present and future perspectives

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Caffeinated energy drink consumption among adolescents and potential health consequences associated with their use: a significant public health hazard.

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Cardiomyopathy and pericardial effusion in a 7 year-old boy with beta-thalassaemia major, severe primary hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism due to iron overload.

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Chelation therapy and bone metabolism markers in thalassemia major

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Chronic anemia and thyroid function

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Clinical and Biochemical Data of Adult Thalassemia Major patients (TM) with Multiple Endocrine Complications (MEC) versus TM Patients with Normal Endocrine Functions: A long-term Retrospective Study (40 years) in a Tertiary Care Center in Italy.

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Clinical and biochemical characteristics of familial type 1 diabetes mellitus (FT1DM) compared to non-familial type 1 DM (NFT1DM)

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Clinical presentations, Laboratory analysis and Linear Growth in 50 Neonates and Young Infants with Acute Meningitis: One Year Experience of a Single Center in Qatar

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Congenital Bleeding Disorders amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Open questions and recommendations

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adolescents: An update on current clinical and diagnostic characteristics

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Cortisol levels in central adrenal insufficiency: light and shade

scientific article published on March 2015

Cortisol response to low dose versus standard dose (back-to-back) adrenocorticotrophic stimulation tests in children and young adults with thalassemia major

scientific article published on November 2013

Cross-sectional observational study of nipple and areola changes during pubertal development and after menarche in 313 Italian girls

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Current Issues and Options for Hormonal Contraception in Adolescents and Young Adult Women With Sickle Cell Disease: An Update for Health Care Professionals

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Current practice in treating adult female thalassemia major patients with hypogonadism: An International Network of Clinicians for Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia and Adolescence Medicine survey from Italy

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Current treatment of hypoparathyroidism: Theory versus reality waiting guidelines for children and adolescents

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Detection of glycemic abnormalities in adolescents with beta thalassemia using continuous glucose monitoring and oral glucose tolerance in adolescents and young adults with β-thalassemia major: Pilot study.

scientific article published on May 2013

Diabetes and Glucose Metabolism in Thalassemia Major: An Update

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

Diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in thalassaemia major: incidence, prevalence, risk factors and survival in patients followed in the Ferrara Center.

scientific article published in December 2004

Diffuse intracerebral calcification in a beta-thalassaemia major patient with hypoparathyroidism: a case report

scientific article published in March 2011

Does Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Deficiency Have a "Protective" Role in the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy in Thalassamia Major Patients?

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Does Testosterone Replacement Therapy Promote an Augmented Risk of Thrombotic Events in Thalassemia Major Male Patients with Hypogonadism?

scientific article published on July 2017

Does blood transfusion affect pituitary gonadal axis and sperm parameters in young males with sickle cell disease?

scientific article published on November 2013

Does priming with sex steroids improve the diagnosis of normal growth hormone secretion in short children?

scientific article published on November 2014

Dysmenorrhea in adolescents and young adults: a review in different country

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Effects of acarbose in beta-thalassaemia major patients with normal glucose tolerance and hyperinsulinism

scientific article published in December 2004

Effects of acarbose in patients with beta-thalassaemia major and abnormal glucose homeostasis

scientific article published in December 2004

Effects of the anti-receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand denusomab on beta thalassemia major-induced osteoporosis

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Endocrine check-up in adolescents and indications for referral: A guide for health care providers

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Endocrine profile of β-thalassemia major patients followed from childhood to advanced adulthood in a tertiary care center

scientific article published on July 2016

Epidemiology of rotavirus-associated hospital admissions in the province of Ferrara, Italy

scientific article published on 3 March 2009

Evaluation of Endocrine Complications in Beta-Thalassemia Intermedia Patients: A Cross Sectional Multi-Center Study ⬇️

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Evaluation of endocrine complications in beta-thalassemia intermedia (β-TI): a cross-sectional multicenter study

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Exaggerated TSH response to TRH ("sub-biochemical" hypothyroidism) in prepubertal and adolescent thalassaemic patients with iron overload: prevalence and 20-year natural history.

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Extramedullary haematopoiesis in beta thalassaemia--unusual presentations: case reports.

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

scientific article published in May 2019

Final adult height and endocrine complications in young adults with β-thalassemia major (TM) who received oral iron chelation (OIC) in comparison with those who did not use OIC.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

For Debate: Assessment of HbA1c in Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

For Debate: Should We Worry about Hematospermia in Adolescents and Young Men? A Report of Six Cases and Review of the Literature

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For Debate: Testicular Volume Development along Ages: Evaluation by Different Methods

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Generalized tonic-clonic seizures in a thalassemic patient with hypoparathyroidism and brain calcinosis

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Gonadal dysfunction in adult male patients with thalassemia major: an update for clinicians caring for thalassemia

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Gonadotropin replacement in male thalassemia major patients with arrested puberty and acquired hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (AAH): preliminary results and potential factors affecting induction of spermatogenesis

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

Growth and Growth hormone - Insulin Like Growth Factor -I (GH-IGF-I) Axis in Chronic Anemias

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Growth and endocrine disorders in thalassemia: The international network on endocrine complications in thalassemia (I-CET) position statement and guidelines ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Growth hormone - insulin-like growth factor-I axis and bone mineral density in adults with thalassemia major.

scientific article published on January 2014

Growth hormone and adrenal response to intramuscular glucagon test and its relationship to IGF-1 production and left ventricular ejection fraction in adult B-thalassemia major patients

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Growth hormone secretion in adult patients with thalassaemia

scientific article published in June 2005

Guidelines for diagnosis and management of Beta-thalassemia intermedia

scientific article published on October 2014

HCV and HGV infection, iron overload and liver disease in multitransfused patients with thalassaemia and persistently normal or abnormal transaminase levels.

scientific article published in December 2004

Hand X-ray in pediatric endocrinology: Skeletal age assessment and beyond

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Hepatitis C virus infection in thalassemic patients with and without insulin dependent diabetes.

scientific article published on March 2015

Highlights from the First Thalassaemia Forum on Growth and Endocrine Complications in Thalassemia Doha, (October 2-3, 2011)

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Hypogonadism in male thalassemia major patients: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Hypogonadism, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism: incidence and prevalence related to iron overload and chelation therapy in patients with thalassaemia major followed from 1980 to 2007 in the Ferrara Centre.

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Hypoparathyroidism with extensive intracerebral calcification in patients with beta-thalassemia major

scientific article published in July 2003

Hypoparathyroidism: from diagnosis to treatment

scientific article published on December 2012

Impact of long-term iron chelation therapy on growth and endocrine functions in thalassaemia

scientific article published in April 2006

Implications of SARSr-CoV 2 infection in thalassemias: Do patients fall into the "high clinical risk" category?

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Incidence of testicular microlithiasis in patients with β-thalassemia major.

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, between 2012-2016, among children and adolescents in Qatar

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1): Demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Data in 120 Consecutive Adult Patients with Thalassaemia Major

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Insulin-like growth factor- I and factors affecting it in thalassemia major

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Intravenous iron replacement therapy in eugonadal males with iron-deficiency anemia: Effects on pituitary gonadal axis and sperm parameters; A pilot study.

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Iron Overload and Glucose Metabolism in Subjects with β-thalassaemia Major : An Overview ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Iron deficiency anemia and glucose metabolism.

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Is priming with sex steroids useful for defining patients who will benefit from GH treatment?

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Jadenu Substituting Exjade in Beta Thalassemia Major (BTM) Patients with Iron Overload: Effect on Serum Ferritin Concentration, Liver Iron Content and Biochemical Profiles ⬇️

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Jadenu Substituting Exjade in Iron Overloaded β-Thalassemia Major (BTM) Patients: A Preliminary Report of the Effects on the Tolerability, Serum Ferritin Level, Liver Iron Concentration and Biochemical Profiles

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Klinefelter syndrome and cancer: from childhood to adulthood

scientific article published on September 2013

Late-onset Male Hypogonadism and Fertility Potential in Thalassemia Major Patients: Two Emerging Issues

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Linear growth and endocrine function in children with ataxia telangiectasia.

scientific article published on November 2014

Linear growth of children with celiac disease after the first two years on gluten- free diet: a controlled study

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Liver Iron Concentration and Liver Impairment in Relation to Serum IGF-1 Levels in Thalassaemia Major Patients: A Retrospective Study.

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Liver Iron Content (LIC) in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): Correlation with Serum Ferritin and Liver Enzymes Concentrations in Trasfusion Dependent (TD-SCD) and Non-Transfusion Dependent (NT-SCD) Patients.

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Long-term effects and significant Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) associated with the use of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone analogs (GnRHa) for central precocious puberty: a brief review of literature

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Long-term prednisone versus hydrocortisone treatment in children with classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) and a brief review of the literature

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Longitudinal Study on Liver Functions in Patients with Thalassemia Major before and after Deferasirox (DFX) Therapy.

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Longitudinal study on thyroid function in patients with thalassemia major: High incidence of central hypothyroidism by 18 years

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Macroorchidism in childhood and adolescence: an update

scientific article published on February 2014

Management of Adolescent Gynecomastia: An Update

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Marital status and paternity in patients with Transfusion- Dependent Thalassemia (TDT) and Non Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia (NTDT): an ICET - A survey in different countries

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

McCune-Albright syndrome: persistence of autonomous ovarian hyperfunction during adolescence and early adult age

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Meeting Report: The Equality Project on Endocrine Complications in Thalassemia: Selected Highlights from the First Turkish Congress, Antalya, 10th-11th December 2018

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Menstrual Cycle and Headache in Teenagers

scientific article published on 12 January 2019

Menstrual pattern and menstrual disorders among adolescents: an update of the Italian data ⬇️

scientific article published on August 14, 2012

Methods for Rating Sexual Development in Girls.

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Mild subclinical hypothyroidism in thalassaemia major: prevalence, multigated radionuclide test, clinical and laboratory long-term follow-up study

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Newly-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus precipitated by COVID-19 in an 8-month-old infant

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

No difference in pubertal growth and final height between treated hypogonadal and non-hypogonadal thalassemic patients

scientific article published on 2 April 2004

Nutrition and pubertal development

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Onset of menstrual cycle and menses features among secondary school girls in Italy: A questionnaire study on 3,783 students

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Osteoporosis in thalassemia major: an update and the I-CET 2013 recommendations for surveillance and treatment

scientific article published on December 2013

Papillary thyroid cancer in thalassaemia

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Paraplegia due to spinal cord compression by extramedullary erythropoietic tissue in a thalassaemia intermedia patient with gynecomastia secondary to cirrhosis: successful treatment with hydroxyurea.

scientific article published in December 2004

Paraplegia in a thalassaemic patient with short stature

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Postnatal growth of Infants with neonatal diabetes: insulin pump (CSII) versus Multiple Daily Injection (MDI) therapy

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Precocious Puberty Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Early Childhood: A Review of the Literature

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Prevalence and severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Transfusion Dependent and Non-Transfusion Dependent β-thalassemia patients and effects of associated comorbidities: an Iranian nationwide study

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in beta-thalassemia patients with and without hepatitis C virus infection

scientific article published in December 2004

Prevalence of endocrine complications and short stature in patients with thalassaemia major: a multicenter study by the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF).

scientific article published on December 2004

Prevalence of thyroid dysfunctions in infants and children with Down Syndrome (DS) and the effect of thyroxine treatment on linear growth and weight gain in treated subjects versus DS subjects with normal thyroid function: a controlled study

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Prevalence of β-cell antibodies and associated autoimmune diseases in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) versus type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Qatar

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Prevalence, attitude and practice of self-medication among adolescents and the paradigm of dysmenorrhea self-care management in different countries

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Prevalence, clinical manifestations, and biochemical data of type 2 diabetes mellitus versus nondiabetic symptomatic patients with COVID-19: A comparative study

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Primary Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents: Prevalence, Impact and Recent Knowledge

scientific article published on December 2015

Pros and cons for the medical age assessments in unaccompanied minors: a mini-review

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Quality of life among adolescents aged 14 to 18 years with Beta-Thalassemia Major (TM) in Qatar

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Rare Anaemias, Sickle-Cell Disease and COVID-19

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Reduced insulin growth factor I concentrations in iron-overloaded beta thalassaemic patients with normal growth hormone secretion and liver function.

scientific article published in December 2004

Relation between changes in weight parameters and height parameters in prepubertal children: daily weight gain and BMIi changes in relation to linear growth during nutritional rehabilitation of underweight children

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Reproductive health in young male adults with chronic diseases in childhood

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Response to Long-Term Growth Hormone Therapy in Short Children with Reduced GH Bioactivity

scientific article published on 11 July 2006

Responses to growth hormone (GH) therapy in short children with normal GH secretion and no bone age delay: an analysis of potential factors affecting their response to rhGH therapy. A controlled study

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Review and Recommendations on Management of Adult Female Thalassemia Patients with Hypogonadism based on Literature Review and Experience of ICET-A Network Specialists

scientific article published on January 2017

Selected highlights of the VIII International Symposium of Clinicians for Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia and Adolescent Medicine (ICET-A) on Growth, Puberty and Endocrine Complications in Thalassaemia. Auditorium of the Sultan Qaboos University (SQ

scientific article published in March 2015

Severe Liver Iron Concentrations (LIC) in 24 Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: Correlations with Serum Ferritin, Liver Enzymes and Endocrine Complications

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Severe hypercalcemia in a patient treated for hypoparathyroidism with calcitriol

scientific article published on June 1, 2010

Short-Term Outcome and MRI Changes in Three Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Aseptic Osteonecrosis after Treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Preliminary Report

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Spermatozoal DNA damage in patients with B thalassaemia syndromes

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Spinal cord compression secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis: A rareness in a young adult with thalassemia major.

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Spontaneous iliopsoas hematoma in a trasfusion dependent β-thalassemia patient with hypersplenism: a case report

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

Statural Growth and Prevalence of Endocrinopathies in Relation to Liver Iron Content (LIC) in Adult Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major (BTM) and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Testicular damage in children and adolescents treated for malignancy: a short review.

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

The Close Link of Pancreatic Iron With Glucose Metabolism and With Cardiac Complications in Thalassemia Major: A Large Multicenter, Observational Study

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

The Diagnostic Approach to Central Adrenocortical Insufficiency (CAI) in Thalassemia

scientific article published on May 2016

The Frequency of Adrenal Insufficiency in Adolescents and Young Adults with Thalassemia Major versus Thalassemia Intermedia in Iran

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The ICET-A Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Disturbances of Glucose Homeostasis in Thalassemia Major Patients.

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

The ICET-A Survey on Current Criteria Used by Clinicians for the Assessment of Central Adrenal Insufficiency in Thalassemia: Analysis of Results and Recommendations

scientific article published on July 2016

The Impact of Iron Overload in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome on Hepatic and Endocrine functions

scientific article published on 03 April 2018

The Management of Permanent Primary Hypoparathyroidism in Children and Adolescents: A Complex Task

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

The SHOX gene and the short stature. Roundtable on diagnosis and treatment of short stature due to SHOX haploinsufficiency: how genetics, radiology and anthropometry can help the pediatrician in the diagnostic process Padova (April 20th, 2011)

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

The clinical application of metformin in children and adolescents: A short update

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

The continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) in patients with beta-thalassemia major and impaired glucose homeostasis: preliminary results.

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The effect of different forms of dysglycemia during pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes in treated women and comparison with large cohort studies

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

The experience of a tertiary unit on the clinical phenotype and management of hypogonadism in female adolescents and young adults with transfusion dependent thalassemia

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

The frequency of hypothyroidism and its relationship with HCV positivity in patients with thalassemia major in southern Iran.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

The impact of MicroRNAs (miRNAs) on the genotype of coronaviruses

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

The juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS): a poorly defined disorder

The levelling-off of the secular trend of age at menarche among Italian girls

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

The medical concerns of patients with thalassemias at the time of COVID-19 outbreak: The personal experience and the international recommendations

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

The recommendation of the International Network of Clinicians for Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia and Adolescent Medicine for the assessment of growth hormone secretion in thalassemia.

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Thyroid Disorders in Homozygous β-Thalassemia: Current Knowledge, Emerging Issues and Open Problems.

scientific article published in May 2019

Thyroid Hemiagenesis from Childhood to Adulthood: Review of Literature and Personal Experience

scientific article published on March 2016

Towards an optimization of the management of endocrine complications of thalassemia

scientific article published on September 2014

Translating the HbA1c assay into estimated average glucose values in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) in children and adolescents of immigrated families in Emilia-Romagna (Italy)

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Update on age at menarche in Italy: toward the leveling off of the secular trend

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Varicocele in the adolescent.

scientific article published in September 2007

Vertebral collapse in thalassemia intermedia: case report

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents

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Vitamin d status in thalassemia major: an update

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β-Thalassemia Distribution in the Old World: an Ancient Disease Seen from a Historical Standpoint.

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

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