Intervertebral disc calcification in thalassemia intermedia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-167

  Aessopos, Athanassios ^b   Tsironi, Maria ^a,b   Polonifi, Katerina ^b   Baltopoulos, Panagiotis ^c   Vaiopoulos, George ^b  

^a Laiko Hospital ^*  (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chelation; Intervertebral disc calcification; Thalassemia intermedia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAYS;

EID: 38049175018     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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