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ArticleMediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases2021

Long-Term Follow-up of β-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia (TDT) Normoglycemic Patients with Reduced Insulin Secretion to Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT): A Pilot Study.

Vincenzo de Sanctis, Ashraf T Soliman, Shahina Daar, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Salvatore Di Maio, Christos Kattamis

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Article in Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Vincenzo de SanctisCoordinator of ICET-A Network (International Network of Clinicians for Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia and Adolescence Medicine), Ferrara, Italy.
Ashraf T SolimanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Alexandria University Children's Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.
Shahina DaarDepartment of Haematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
Ploutarchos TzoulisDepartment of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Whittington Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
Salvatore Di MaioEmeritus Director in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital "Santobono-Pausilipon," Naples, Italy.
Christos KattamisFirst Department of Paediatrics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
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Abstract

objectiveTo study the endocrine pancreas' function in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (β-TDT) patients with a normal glucose tolerance test (NGT) and hypoinsulinemia. In addition, the prospective long-term follow-up using an annual oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to detect any abnormality of glucose metabolism. PATIENTS AND

methodsSeven β-TDT patients (mean age 22.4 ± 4.2 years) with NGT and inadequate insulin response (hypoinsulinemia) to OGTT were referred for a second opinion to an Italian Centre.

resultsThe first-phase insulin response (FPIR), expressed as the sum of 1 and 3 minutes insulin, to intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT), was between the 1

conclusionsThese data demonstrated, for the first time, progressive deterioration in glucose homeostasis in β-TDT subjects with NGT and hypoinsulinemia and that the ISSI-2 index may be a valuable parameter to identify patients at high risk for developing glucose dysregulation.

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Follow-upGlucose tolerance abnormalitiesHypoinsulinemiaInsulin resistanceIntravenous glucose tolerance testIron overloadOral glucose tolerance testTransfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

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