Recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in a transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major patient

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 492-495

  Makis, A ^a   Chaliasos, N ^a   Hatzimichael, E ^a   Bourantas, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Thalassemia major; Recombinant human erythropoietin

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; DIGOXIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN F; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHELATION THERAPY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROID CELL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034883768     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770100317     Document Type: Article

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