The high incidence of acute hemolysis due to favism in Ahvaz, Iran-clinical features and laboratory findings

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-401

  Aletayeb, Seyyed Mohammad Hasan ^a   Chomeili, Bashir ^a   Taheri, Mehri ^a   Kajbaf, Tahereh Ziaei ^a   Hakimzadeh, Mehran ^a   Aminzadeh, Majid ^a   Moghadam, Morteza Shojaei ^b   Maleki, Susan ^c  

^a Abouzar Hospital   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahvaz; Clinical features; Favism; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase Deficiency; Hemolytic anemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE HEMOLYSIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTUMN; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FAVISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGESTION; IRAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PALLOR; PARENT; POLLEN; RELATIVE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; URINE COLOR; VICIA FABA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WINTER;

EID: 77953250456     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60097-1     Document Type: Article

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