The bone density of thalassemic patients of Boo Ali Sina hospital, Sari, Iran in 2002 does hydroxyurea help?

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 303-306

  Kosaryan, Mehrnoosh ^a,b   Zadeh, Mojtahed F ^a   Shahi, Vahid K ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Pediatric Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone density; Hydroxyurea; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYUREA; LEVOTHYROXINE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMUR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISICKLING AGENTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; IRAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 12544257260     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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