Increase in hemoglobin concentration during therapy with hydroxyurea in Cooley's anemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 459-460

  Saxon, Ben R ^b   Waye, John S ^b   Olivieri, Nancy F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031821279     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10520.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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