Pregnancy and homozygous beta thalassaemia major

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1028-1032

  Daskalakis, George J ^a   Papageorgiou, Ioannis S ^a   Antsaklis, Aristides J ^a   Michalas, Stylianos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0031713042     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10270.x     Document Type: Article

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