Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: : This is the first report of commercially available green tea preparation preventing iron overload in a thalassemia intermedia patient. After 11 months drinking 2 cups of infusion green tea made from one tea bag daily, the serum ferritin decreased from 1,090 mcg/L to 600 mcg/L. A 5-year follow-up with serial measurement of ferritin revealed that green tea consumption might prevent iron overload in thalassemia intermedia patient. No other side effect, except low serum zinc, was found.
Institution: Khon Kaen University
Language: Thai
Subfield: Genetics (clinical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1512886996