L-carnitine treatment in beta thalassemia major

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-163

  Yeşilipek, M Akif ^a   Hazar, Volkan ^a   Yeǧin, Olcay ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032406140     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040895     Document Type: Article

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