Assessment of serum zinc levels of patients with thalassemia compared to their siblings

Anemia

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  El Missiry, Mohamed ^a   Hussein, Mohamed Hamed ^a   Khalid, Sadaf ^a   Yaqub, Naila ^b   Khan, Sarah ^b   Itrat, Fatima ^b   Uderzo, Cornelio ^a   Faulkner, Lawrence ^a  

^a Cure2Children Foundation   (Italy)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84907382747     PISSN: 20901267     EISSN: 20901275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/125452     Document Type: Article

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