Influence of sickle hemoglobinopathy on growth and development of young adult males in Southern Iraq

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 544-546

  Mansour, Abbas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE;

EID: 0038692900     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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