Cephalofacial deformities in thalassemia major (Cooley's anemia). A correlative study among 138 cases

Am J Dis Child. 1971 Apr;121(4):300-6. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1971.02100150074007.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental / classification
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental / etiology*
  • Cephalometry
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Facial Bones / abnormalities*
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / complications
  • Hemoglobins
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Intelligence
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Jaw Abnormalities / etiology
  • Liver / physiopathology
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Male
  • Malocclusion / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Sex Factors
  • Skull*
  • Splenectomy
  • Thalassemia / complications*
  • Thalassemia / physiopathology
  • Thalassemia / therapy
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Hemoglobins