Respiratory function in patients with thalassaemia and iron overload

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 602-605

  Dimopoulou, I ^a,c   Kremastinos, D T ^a   Maris, T G ^a   Mavrogeni, S ^a   Tzelepis, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Evgenidion Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Iron deposition; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary function; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0032929425     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.13360299     Document Type: Article

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