Phlebotomy to reduce iron overload in patients cured of thalassemia by bone marrow transplantation

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 994-998

  Angelucci, Emanuele ^a   Muretto, Pietro ^a   Lucarelli, Guido ^a   Ripalti, Marta ^a   Baronciani, Donatella ^a   Erer, Buket ^a   Galimberti, Maria ^a   Giardini, Claudio ^a   Gaziev, Djavid ^a   Polchi, Paola ^a  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030848104     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.3.994.994_994_998     Document Type: Article

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