Physical performance in patients with thalassemia before and after transfusion

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Villa, Maria Pia ^a   Rotili, Pier Luigi ^a   Santamaria, Francesca ^a,b   Vania, Andrea ^a   Bonci, Enea ^a   Tancredi, Giancarlo ^a   Ronchetti, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

airways obstruction; exercise performance; pulmonary function; Thalassemia major; transfusion therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0029900447     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199606)21:6<367::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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