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The radiological changes encountered in thalassemia and its variants involve many organs. There is general agreement to group these changes into two main categories: osseous and extraosseous manifestations.
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Hassanein, E.H., Gharib, M.I. (1989). Grading System of Osseous Changes in Thalassemia. In: Papavasiliou, C., Cambouris, T., Fessas, P. (eds) Radiology of Thalassemia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72587-6_7
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