Cultural Preferences and Limited Public Resources Influence the Spectrum of Thalassemia in Egypt

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 281-284

  Adly, Amira A M ^a   Sayed Ebeid, Fatma Soliman El ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cultural preferences; Egypt; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL PREFERENCE; EGYPT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ISLAM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; DEFEROXAMINE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84937965512     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000327     Document Type: Article

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