Analysis of intelligence quotient in patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia

Mehran Karimi1, Hooman Yarmohammadi, Maria Domenica Cappellini

  • 1Hematology Research Center, Pediatric Department, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. karimim@sums.ac.ir

Saudi Medical Journal
|July 11, 2006
PubMed
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