PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | growth failure |
| Phenotype | C0039730|thalassemia |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 25834825 | The pathogenesis of growth failure in thalassemia is multifactorial and is mainly due to transfusional iron overload and resulting endocrinopathies (gh deficiency, hypothyroidism diabetes), nutritional deficiencies, and intensive use of chelating agents particularly desferrioxamine. |
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