β-Thalassemia and pulmonary function

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 804-808

  Piatti, Gioia ^a   Allegra, Luigi ^b   Ambrosetti, Umberto ^b   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^b   Turati, Federica ^b   Fiorelli, Gemino ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

thalassemia; Pulmonary function; Restrictive ventilatory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHELATION THERAPY; DEFEROXAMINE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032863446     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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