Pulmonary iron overload in thalassemia major presenting as small airway disease

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-46

  Ooi, G C ^a   Khong, P L ^a   Lam, W K ^a   Trendell Smith, N J ^b   Tsang, K W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Small airway disease; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFEROXAMINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; IRON OVERLOAD; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036368711     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063059     Document Type: Article

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