Incidence of thromboembolic events in Lebanese thalassemia intermedia patients

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-768

  Zalloua, P A ^b   Shbaklo, H ^b   Abou Mourad, Y ^b   Koussa, S ^b   Taher, A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 1642462251     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613588     Document Type: Letter

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