title: Nutritional status in childhood thalassaemia at the Department of Child Health University of North Sumatera Dr. Pirngadi Hospital Medan.
abstract: A-10 year (June 1979 to May 1989) study on the nutritional status of children with thalassaemia was done. The number of patients was 131; 75 (57.25%) were males and 56 (42.75%) females. A study on nutritional status by the age group was performed in 123 cases at the first diagnosis. The incidence of malnourished children over 1 year of age was significantly higher than in below 1 year of age cases (p less than 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, University of North Sumatera, Dr. Pirngadi Hospital Medan.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Loebis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinulingga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sutjipto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology