Erythropoietin levels and microcytosis in heterozygous beta-thalassaemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-149

  Tassiopoulos, T ^a   Konslanlopoulos, K ^a   Tassiopoulos, S ^a   Rombos, Y ^a   Alevizou Terzaki, V ^a   Kyriaki, P ^a   Loukopoulos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Iron deficiency; Microcytosis; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MICROCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030804428     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203609     Document Type: Article

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