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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of growth and puberty in patients with beta-thalassemia major in pediatric hematology unit at zagazig unviresty hospitals.
We evaluated the growth and sexual development of 100 patients
with thalassemia major aged 8-20 years. They were classified according to regularity of iron chelation therapy into (13 regullar and 87 irregular).
50 healthy person of the same age group are used as a controle group. The following data were recorded in history taking, age, sex, height, weight, serum ferritin levels and pubertal evaluation according to tanner score was done .