Distribution of serum lipids and lipoproteins in patients with beta thalassaemia major; an epidemiological study in young adults from Greece

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-8

  Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Kosma, Konstantina ^a,c   Barbetseas, John ^a   Karagiorga, Markisia ^c   Ladis, Ioannis ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c Pediatric Hospital Saint Sophia   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 2642529576     PISSN: 1476511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-3-1     Document Type: Article

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