β-Thalassaemia major in Kuwait

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 311-312

  Al Fuzae, L ^a,b   Aboolbacker, K C ^a   Al Saleh, Q ^a,b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0031751415     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.311     Document Type: Article

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