Challenges of haemophilia care in India: Lest we forget

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-88

  Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR CONCENTRATE;

BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COST OF ILLNESS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 70349546951     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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