Pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung fibrosis, and lung iron deposition in thalassaemia major

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 737-739

  Zakynthinos, E ^a   Vassilakopoulos, T ^a   Kaltsas, P ^a   Malagari, E ^a   Daniil, Z ^a   Roussos, C ^a   Zakynthinos, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interstitial lung fibrosis; Pulmonary hypertension; Thalassaemia major

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IRON; MALE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0034853378     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.9.737     Document Type: Article

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