title: [Skeletal changes in thalassemia].
abstract: Display of this hereditary blood disease (haemoglobinopathy) which is endemic in the Mediterranean area and rarely appearing in our area, characterized by early blood cell destruction and increasing transfusion siderosis of internal and endocrine organs, secondary osteoporosis, epiphyseal growth disturbances and spontaneous fractures by means of two typical cases.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Homburg/Saar.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alaiyan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mittelmeier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Graf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012806:Siderosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D003676:Deferoxamine
vernacular_title: Skelettveränderungen bei der Thalassämie.