Possible ameliorative effect of taurine in the treatment of iron-deficiency anaemia in female university students of Gaza, Palestine

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-242

  Sirdah, Mahmoud M ^a   El Agouza, Ibrahim M A ^b   Abu Shahla, Abdel Nasser K ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferrous sulfate; Iron deficiency; Taurine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; IRON; TAURINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE EAST; STUDENTS; TAURINE;

EID: 18744392235     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02722.x     Document Type: Article

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