Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Bone disease is a long-term complication in patients with thalassaemia and therefore current UK guidelines recommend biannual bone density assessment from the age of 10 years. The aim of this study was to evaluate bone health in children with thalassaemia major.Methods: Twenty-nine patients (11 boys) with a mean (S.D.) age of 13.07 year (2.29) with thalassaemia major had measurement of lumbar spine BMAD (L2-L4) and of total bod...