The evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness in children with beta-thalassaemia major

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-83

  Dogan, Mustafa ^a   Citak, Elvan Caglar ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beta thalassaemia major; carotid intima media thickness; children

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84857482768     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111001053     Document Type: Article

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