Zinc status in patients with major β-thalassemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Mehdizadeh, Mahshid ^a,c   Zamani, Gholamreza ^b   Tabatabaee, Shahrzad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; Thalassemia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ZINC;

EID: 38649084082     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010701773738     Document Type: Article

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