Iron deficiency anaemia in Jamaican children, aged 1-5 years, with sickle cell disease

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 292-296

  King, L ^a   Reid, Marvin ^a   Forrester, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN S; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAMAICA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 30644480296     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000500004     Document Type: Article

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