Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Treatment of β thalassemia major results in excessive iron deposition in most tissues including the endocrine glands.Aim: To find out the prevalence of endocrine complications in our thalassemia-endocrine clinic as set out by the UK thalassemia society guidelines.Methods: Clinic notes and electronic results of all patients attending Birmingham City Hospital for the 2-monthly thalassemia-endocrine MDT clinic (2010...