Effect of oral iron chelation therapy with deferiprone (L1) on the psychosocial status of thalassaemia patients

Haematologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-339

  Zahed, L ^a   Mourad, F H ^a   Alameddine, R ^a   Aoun, S ^a   Koussa, S ^a   Taher, A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Oral chelation; Psychosocial status; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE; IRON CHELATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TABLET FORMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PYRIDONES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0036245525     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685590160141369     Document Type: Article

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