Pancreatic fat fraction is a marker of altered glucidic metabolism in thalassemia major
Antonella Meloni1, Mario Nobile2, Laura Pistoia1, Vincenzo Positano1, Emanuele Grassedonio2, Petra Keilberg1, Costanza Bosi3, Luciana Rigoli4, Giulia Guerrini5, Alessandra De Mitrio6, Massimo Midiri2, and Alessia Pepe1
1MRI Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy, 2Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, 3Ospedale “G. Da Saliceto”, Piacenza, Italy, 4Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, 5P.O. Misericordia Grosseto, Grosseto, Italy, 6A.S.L. di Bari, Bari, Italy
Increased pancreatic fat fraction is
associated with an higher risk of impaired
glucose tolerance and overt diabetes mellitus in thalassemia major.
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