Microcytosis: Guidelines for Family Doctors

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-25

  Abdul Ghaffar, Naser U A M A ^a   el Sonbaty, Mohammed Riad ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a  

^a ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCYTOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030034368     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600109     Document Type: Article

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