Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Cutaneous lesions among South Indian children with Beta thalassaemia major.

Dr. Praveen S Bagalkot

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Objective: To study the cutaneous lesions among south Indian children with Beta  thalassaemia major .

Design: Observational, hospital based study.

Method & Material: 67 children between age 1 year to 14 years with diagnosis of beta thalassaemia major were followed up at Paediatric hematology clinic over 4 years for cutaneous lesions.

 Results: The common skin lesions were pruritus(49.2%),xerosis (40%) and hyper pigmentations (37.3%).

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr.Praveen S Bagalkot, Cutaneous lesions among South Indian children with Beta thalassaemia major., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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