β-thalassaemia - A major health problem in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 498-

  Shamsi, T S ^a  

^a Blood Diseases Centre   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON CHELATING AGENT;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EDITORIAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 9644260640     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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