The life of patients with thalassemia major

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-348

  Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE;

BETA THALASSEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BETA-THALASSEMIA; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77949700005     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.017228     Document Type: Editorial

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