Hydroxyurea therapy in β‐thalassaemia intermedia: improvement in haematological parameters due to enhanced β‐globin synthesis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 557-563

  ZENG, YI‐TAO ^a   HUANG, SHU‐ZHEN ^a,b   REN, ZHAO‐RUI ^a   LU, ZHI‐HONG ^a   ZENG, FAN‐YI ^b   SCHECHTER, ALAN N ^b   RODGERS, GRIFFIN P ^b  

^a SHANGHAI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxyurea; globin. synthesis; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0029037422     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb05584.x     Document Type: Article

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