Nitric oxide metabolites and arginase I levels in β-thalassemic patients: An Egyptian study

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1193-1200

  El Hady, Samy B M ^a   Farahat, Manal H ^a   Atfy, Maha ^a,c   Elhady, Mohammad A ^b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Arginase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGINASE 1; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPTIAN; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRESH ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; OLD ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

ARGINASE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 84864965294     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-012-1427-0     Document Type: Article

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