Bone mineral density of patients with thalassemia major: Four-year follow-up

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Molyvda Athanasopoulou, E ^a   Sioundas, A ^a   Karatzas, N ^a   Aggellaki, M ^b   Pazaitou, K ^b   Vainas, I ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Thalassemia U of S Paul Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0033023641     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900637     Document Type: Article

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