Reversibility of cirrhosis in patients cured of thalassemia by bone marrow transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 667-672

  Muretto, Pietro ^a   Angelucci, Emanuele ^a   Lucarelli, Guido ^a  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; ITALY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0037035540     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00009     Document Type: Article

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