OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of wheat grass juice on transfusion requirement in patients with beta thalassemia major. METHODS: Fifty-three patients of thalassemia major with a median age of 16 years were given wheat grass juice tablets. RESULTS: The Mean pre and post wheat grass therapy, the pack cell requirement was 288.06 +/- 53.25 gm/Kg/year and 301.25 +/- 54.86 gm/Kg/year (p =0.054) respectively. No adverse effects were noted. CONCLUSION: We conclude that wheat grass therapy for one year is not effective in reducing the transfusion requirement in transfusion dependent thalassemia.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of wheat grass juice on transfusion requirement in patients with beta thalassemia major. METHODS: Fifty-three patients of thalassemia major with a median age of 16 years were given wheat grass juice tablets. RESULTS: The Mean pre and post wheat grass therapy, the pack cell requirement was 288.06 +/- 53.25 gm/Kg/year and 301.25 +/- 54.86 gm/Kg/year (p =0.054) respectively. No adverse effects were noted. CONCLUSION: We conclude that wheat grass therapy for one year is not effective in reducing the transfusion requirement in transfusion dependent thalassemia.
Authors: Miklós Garami; Dezső Schuler; Mária Babosa; Gábor Borgulya; Péter Hauser; Judit Müller; András Paksy; Enikő Szabó; Máté Hidvégi; György Fekete Journal: J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Date: 2004-10 Impact factor: 1.289
Authors: Erich Vinicius de Paula; Carmen Silvia Passos Lima; Valder Roberval Arruda; Fernando Lopes Alberto; Sara Teresinha Ollala Saad; Fernando Ferreira Costa Journal: Eur J Haematol Date: 2003-03 Impact factor: 2.997