Is β-thalassemia trait a risk factor for developing depression in young adults? [1]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 873-874

  Marvasti, Vahid Emad ^a   Dastoori, Pooya ^a   Karimi, Mehran ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750101194     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0154-9     Document Type: Letter

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