Emerging insights in the management of hemoglobin e beta thalassemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1202, Issue , 2010, Pages 155-157

  Olivieri, Nancy F ^a   Thayalsuthan, Vivekanandan ^a   O'Donnell, Angela ^b   Premawardhena, Anuja ^c   Rigobon, Christopher ^a   Muraca, Giulia ^a   Fisher, Christopher ^d   Weatherall, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hemoglobin; hemoglobin E beta thalassemia; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; IRON;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; PHENOTYPE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 77955893564     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05579.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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