The natural history of thalassemia intermedia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1202, Issue , 2010, Pages 214-220

  Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^a   Marsella, Maria ^a   Zanforlin, Nicolò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

extramedullary erythropoiesis; iron overload; pseudoxanthoma elasticum; thalassemia intermedia; transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW HYPERPLASIA; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INFECTION COMPLICATION; IRON OVERLOAD; LEG ULCER; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERICARDITIS; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77955905306     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05550.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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