Treatment with hydroxyurea in thalassemia intermedia with paravertebral pseudotumors of extramedullary hematopoiesis

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 478-482

  Cario, H ^a   Wegener, M ^b   Debatin, K M ^a   Kohne, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Hemosiderosis; Hydroxyurea; Paravertebral tumor; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036934911     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0501-4     Document Type: Article

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