Cholelithiasis in thalassemia major

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Origa, Raffaella ^a   Galanello, Renzo ^a   Perseu, Lucia ^b   Tavazzi, Dario ^c   Domenica Cappellini, M ^c   Terenzani, Laura ^d   Forni, Gian Luca ^d   Quarta, Giovanni ^e   Boetti, Tatiana ^e   Piga, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallstones; Genetic modifiers; Gilbert's syndrome; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 57649194798     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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