Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies rather than iron deficiency are major causes of pregnancy-related anemia in northeast Thailand

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-11

  Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Ratanasiri, Thawalwong ^b   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Dietz, Ekkahart ^c   Schelp, Frank P ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency anemia; Pregnancy; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED ANEMIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; IRON; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33746139326     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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