Assessment of adrenal endocrine function in Asian thalassemics

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Srivatsa, Arun ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Muralidharan, R ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Endocrine; Iron overload; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IRON OVERLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IRON; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 12744273682     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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