Extramedullary hematopoiesis with spinal cord compression in β-thalassemia intermedia

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 596-597

  Saghafi, Massoud ^a,b   Shirdel, Abbas ^a,b   Lari, Shahrzad M ^a,b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Paraparesis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444448748     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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