Amenorrhea in β-homozygous thalassemia major

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 816, Issue , 1997, Pages 274-279

  Tolis, George ^a,b   Papandreou, Artemis ^b   Karydis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AMENORRHEA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; METABOLIC DISORDER; OSTEOPENIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030738314     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52151.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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