Evaluation of current management of homozygous β-thalassemia in Eastern Saudi Arabia [1]

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1141-1142

  Al Awamy, Baker H ^a   Al Mulhim, Ibrahim A ^a   Flemban, Samia B ^b   Al Naeem, Saad A ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; IRON CHELATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036757258     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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