Bone disease in thalassemia: a frequent and still unresolved problem.

"The authors state that they have no conflicts of interest."

"This work was supported by a cooperative agreement with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (U01-HL-65232 to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, U01-HL-65233 to University Health Network Toronto General Hospital, U01-HL-65239 to Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, U01-HL-65244 to Weill Medical College of Cornell University, U01-HL-65260 to Children's Hospital Boston, and U01-HL-65238 to New England Research Institutes). The study was also supported, in part, at Weill Medical College of Cornell University by Grant K08 HL088231 awarded to MGV, at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by NIH-NCRR Grant UL1-RR024134, and by Children's Hospital Boston by NIH-NCRR Grant M01-RR02172 and NIH Grant 5K24HL004184-08 to EN."