Prevalence of short stature in transfusion dependent beta thalassemia patients in a tertiary care centre in North East India

Background: beta thalassemia is one of the most common hereditary hemoglobinopathy requiring regular blood transfusion to help reduce the complications of anemia and allow normal growth in children. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study done on 50 numbers of transfusion dependent bet...

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Main Authors: Sreejana Sharma, Gayatri Bezboruah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=6;spage=2516;epage=2520;aulast=Sharma