Nutritional support and growth in thalassaemia major

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 509-512

  Fuchs, G J ^a,e   Tienboon, P ^b   Khaled, M A ^c   Nimsakul, S ^d   Linpisarn, S ^e   Faruque, A S G ^a   Yutrabootr, Y ^b   Dewier, M ^a   Suskind, R M ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioimpedance; Malnutrition; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030842072     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.6.509     Document Type: Article

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