Diamond-Blackfan anaemia in the U.K.: analysis of 80 cases from a 20-year birth cohort

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 645-653

  Ball, S E ^a   Mcguckin, C P ^a   Jenkins, G ^a   Gordon Smith, E C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond Blackfan anaemia; Physical anomalies; Seasonality; Steroid therapy; Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029737830     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1839.x     Document Type: Article

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