Low bone mass due to sickle cell anemia: Is it becoming a real issue?

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 218-223

  Sadat Ali, M ^a   Al Elq, A H ^a   Sultan, O ^a   Al Turki, H ^a   Bukhari, R ^a   Al Mulhim, F ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 64249114991     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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