Bilateral pleural effusions in a β-thalassemia intermedia patient with posterior mediastinal extramedullary hematopoietic masses

Hemoglobin

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-253

  Ibabao, J ^a   Kassapidis, S ^b   Demetis, S ^b   Burack, J ^b   Gordon, D ^b   Choi, K ^b   Braverman, A S ^b  

^a WVA Cancer Treatment Center   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PLEURA EFFUSION;

EID: 0032823320     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269909005705     Document Type: Article

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