The labyrinth of bone disease in thalassaemia: The search for Ariadne's thread continues

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-14

  Skordis, Nicos ^a  

^a Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; SEX HORMONE;

BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MORPHOMETRICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THALASSEMIA; ULTRASOUND;

BONE DISEASES; HUMANS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 57649198312     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01168.x     Document Type: Note

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