Thalassemia major and consanguinity in Shiraz city, Iran

Turkish Journal of Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 127-130

  Asadi Pooya, Ali Akbar ^a   Doroudchi, Mehrnoosh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Consanguinity; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AWARENESS; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 5044232464     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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