Familial Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Case reports and a review of the related literature

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Bourhama, Mona H ^a,c   Al Matter, Eman R ^a   Aboobacker, Kadankandy C ^a   Al Humood, Salah ^b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANEMIA, DIAMOND-BLACKFAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 1242321098     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.54     Document Type: Article

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