Serum erythropoietin levels in patients with beta thalassemia major and intermedia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Nişli, Güngör ^a,b   Kavakli, Kaan ^a   Aydinok, Yeşim ^a   Oztop, Senay ^a   Cetingül, Nazan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

erythropoietin (EPO); thalassemia intermedia; thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030947094     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019709030902     Document Type: Article

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