title: Effect of wheat grass therapy on transfusion requirement in beta-thalassemia major.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the efficacy of wheat grass juice on transfusion requirement in patients with beta thalassemia major.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three patients of thalassemia major with a median age of 16 years were given wheat grass juice tablets.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Mean pre and post wheat grass therapy, the pack cell requirement was 288.06 +/- 53.25 gm/Kg/year and 301.25 +/- 54.86 gm/Kg/year (p =0.054) respectively. No adverse effects were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that wheat grass therapy for one year is not effective in reducing the transfusion requirement in transfusion dependent thalassemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. dr_drchoudhary@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dharma R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naithani
authors.forename: Inusha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Manoranjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: Hara Prasad
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.forename: Renu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Ved P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Choudhry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013607:Tablets; D014908:Triticum; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D013607:Tablets