Malnutrition and growth abnormalities in children with beta thalassemia major

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 356-361

  Tienboon, Prasong ^a,c   Sanguansermsri, Torpong ^a   Fuchs, George J ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030154532     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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