Incidence of aplastic anemia in Turkey: A hospital-based prospective multicentre study

Leukemia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1135-1139

  Başlar, Zafer ^a   Aktuǧlu, Gülten ^a   Bolaman, Zahit ^c   Büyükkeçeci, Filiz ^d   Gezer, Sefer ^e   Kansu, Emin ^b   Koçak, Rikkat ^f   Ovali, Ercüment ^g   Ruacan, Şevket ^b   Sargin, Deniz ^a   Tunali, Ahmet ^h   Tüzüner, Nükhet ^a   Ülkü, Birsen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^f CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^g KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Epidemiology; Incidence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 0344542068     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(97)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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