Hypocholesterolemia in adult patients with thalassemia: A link with the severity of genotype in thalassemia intermedia patients

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Ricchi, Paolo ^a   Ammirabile, Massimiliano ^a   Spasiano, Anna ^a   Costantini, Silvia ^a   Di Matola, Tiziana ^b   Cinque, Patrizia ^a   Pagano, Leonilde ^a   Prossomariti, Luciano ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico ASLNA1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hemoglobin; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 58849090018     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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