Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Osteoporosis is considered to be an important cause of morbidity in patients with β-thalassemia major. Despite recent advances in the identification of the molecular pathways involved in the thalassemia-induced osteoporosis, less is known about the responses of the thalassemic skeleton to various physiological and pathological conditions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the postprandial response of bone turnover, which is an important component of...