Complete heart block in thalassemia major: A case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-262

  Küçükosmanoǧlu, Osman ^a   Özbarlas, Nazan ^a   Şaşmaz, Ilgen ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complete heart block; Endocardial pacemaker; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; PERICARDITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036658940     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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