title: Clinical utility of serum ferritin thresholds for guiding iron chelation therapy when magnetic resonance imaging is unavailable in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassaemias - response to Ang et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ali T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Taher
mesh_terms: D015913:Chelation Therapy; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D019190:Iron Overload; D008099:Liver; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron
keywords: chelation therapy; iron overload; liver iron concentration; non-transfusion-dependent thalassaemia; serum ferritin