The effect of folic acid supplementation in beta-thalassemia major: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-268

  Mojtahedzadeh, Fereidoon ^a   Kosaryan, Mehrnoush ^a   Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Akbari, Jafar ^b  

^a Thalassemia Research Center   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia major (thalassemia major); Deficiency; Folic acid; Mazandaran; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PURINE SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33746411851     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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