Extramedullary haematopoiesis in Β thalassaemia - Unusual presentations: Case reports

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 140-143

  Galati, Maria Concetta ^a   Raiola, Giuseppe ^a   de Sanctis, Vincenzo ^b   Arcuri, Vincenzo ^a   Arcuri, Pier Paolo ^a   Brachi, Sara ^b   Borsari, Gloria ^b  

^a PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extramedultary haematopoiesis; Thalassaemia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IRON CHELATION; LEG PAIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149492609     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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