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Lipid Profile in Children With Thalassemia: A Prospective Observational Study From Eastern India
- Source :
- Indian Pediatrics. 57:1072-1073
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- This was a prospective observational study to evaluate abnormalities in lipid profile in 50 children with transfusion dependent thalassemia. Dyslipidemia characterized by high triglycerides, low high density lipoprotein (HDL), and high total cholesterol: HDL ratio was noted. These pro atherogenic risk factors may be lead to significant cardiovascular morbidity in these patients.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Thalassemia
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
High-density lipoprotein
Risk Factors
030225 pediatrics
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Transfusion dependent thalassemia
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Triglycerides
Dyslipidemias
Atherogenic diet
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Cholesterol, HDL
nutritional and metabolic diseases
medicine.disease
Lipids
Eastern india
chemistry
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Observational study
Lipid profile
business
Dyslipidemia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09747559 and 00196061
- Volume :
- 57
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0016e5def519725e833e559a2cd7e853
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-2040-2