Nontransfusional iron overload in thalassemia: Association with hereditary hemochromatosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 490-494

  Rees, D C ^a   Singh, B M ^b   Luo, L Y ^a   Wickramasinghe, S ^c   Thein, S L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031849493     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10530.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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