Hydroxyurea as a first-line treatment of extramedullary hematopoiesis in patients with beta thalassemia: Four case reports

Hematology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-57

  Karimi, Mehran ^a   Cohan, Nader ^a   Pishdad, Parisa ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic anemia; Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Hydroxyurea; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THORACIC SPINE; YOUNG ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921756952     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1607845414Y.0000000168     Document Type: Article

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