Prevalence of scoliosis in β-thalassemia

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 170-173

  Korovessis, Panagiotis G ^a,c   Papanastasiou, Dimitris ^a   Tiniakou, Maria ^b   Beratis, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFEROXAMINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029948742     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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