Hydroxyurea in thalassemia intermedia - A promising therapy

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 441-446

  Dixit, Ashish ^a   Chatterjee, T C ^a   Mishra, Pravas ^a   Choudhry, Dharma R ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Tyagi, S ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

HbF induction; Hydroxyurea; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLOBIN; DEFERIPRONE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 20944440064     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-1026-4     Document Type: Article

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