Short stature in beta-thalassemia minor subjects

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Karimi, Mehran ^a,b   Karamifar, Hamd Allah ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia minor; Growth rate; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; THALASSEMIA MINOR; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 9144243720     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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