
Bone disease in β thalassemia patients: past, present and future perspectives
Keywords: AL; aledronate; BMD; bone mineral density; bw; body weight; BMD-L; lumbar spine bone mineral density; Ca; calcium supplementation; CLO; clodronate; COLIA1; collagen type I A1; D; vitamin D; DEXA; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; DFO; desferrioxamine; DFP