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Red cell membrane lipid peroxidation in transfusion-dependent B and EB thalassemia
P Lahiri1, S Bhattacharjee, S Chandra
1Society for Research on Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Calcutta, India.
Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Red cell membrane lipid peroxidation in B and EB thalassemias has been found to increase significantly. The increased iron status of the patients, as revealed by the serum ferritin level, did not have any correlation with lipid peroxidation in either of the groups.