Quality of life among adults with betathalassemia major in western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 882-885

  Amoudi, Abdullah S ^a   Balkhoyor, Abdulrahman H ^e   Abulaban, Abdulrahman A ^a   Azab, Abdulrahman M ^a   Radi, Suhaib A ^d   Ayoub, Mohammed D ^b   Albayrouti, Basim T ^c  

^a Internal Medicine Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdul Aziz Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Departments of Hematology Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; MALE; PAIN SEVERITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BETA THALASSEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925936587     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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