Arterial calcifications in β-thalassemia

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Aessopos, Athanassios ^a,b   Samarkos, Michael ^a,b   Voskaridou, Ersi ^a,c   Papaioannou, Dimitris ^a,b   Tsironi, Maria ^a,b   Kavouklis, Emmanuel ^a,c   Vaiopoulos, George ^a,b   Stamatelos, George ^a,b   Loukopoulos, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a University of Athens ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ANGIOID STREAK; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURVIVAL; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0031939891     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900206     Document Type: Article

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