Respiratory function in patients with thalassaemia major: Relation with iron overload

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-330

  Li, A M ^a   Chan, D ^a   Li, C K ^a   Wong, E ^b   Chan, Y L ^b   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0036787124     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.4.328     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Marks PA. Thalassaemia syndromes: biochemical, genetic and clinical aspects. N Engl J Med 1966;275:1363-9.
2. Kanj N, Shamseddine A, Gharzeddine W, et al. Relation of ferritin levels to pulmonary function in patients with thalassaemia major and the acute effects of transfusion. Eur J Haematol 2000;64:396-400.
3. Factor JM, Pottipati SR, Rappaport I, et al. Pulmonary function abnormalities in thalassaemia major and the role of iron overload. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;149:1570-4.
4. Tai DYH, Wang YT, Lou J, et al. Lungs in thalassaemia major patients receiving regular transfusion. Eur Respir J 1996;9:1389-94.
5. Fung KP, Chow DKW, So SY, et al. Pulmonary function in thalassaemia major. J Pediatr 1987;111:534-7.
6. Cooper DM, Mansell AL, Weiner MA, et al. Low lung capacity and hypoxemia in children with thalassemia major. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980;21:639-46.
7. Filosa A, Esposito V, Meoli I, et al. Evidence of lymphocyte alveolitis by bronchoalveolar lavage in thalassemic patients with pulmonary dysfunction. Acta Haematol 2000;103:90-5.
8. British Thoracic Society, and the Association of Respiratory Technicians and Physiologists. Topical review: guidelines for the measurement of respiratory function. Respir Med 1994;88:165-94.
9. Cotes JE, Dabbs JM, Elwood PC, et al. Iron deficiency: its effect on transfer factor. Clin Sci 1972;42:325-35.
10. Ip MS, Karlberg EM, Karlberg JP, et al. Lung function reference values in Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:424-9.
11. American Thoracic Society. Lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretative strategies. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144:1202-18.
12. Pippard MJ, Callender ST, Warner GT, et al. Iron absorption and loading in beta-thalassaemia intermedia. Lancet 1979;20:819-21.
13. Witzleben CL, Wyatt JP. The effect of long survival on the pathology of thalassaemia major. J Pathol Bacterial 1961;82:1-13.
14. Angelucci E, Brittenham GM, Mclaren CE, et al. Hepatic iron concentration and total body iron stores in thalassemia major. N Engl J Med 2000;343:327-31.
15. Ernst O, Sergent G, Bonvarlet P, et al. Hepatic iron overload: diagnosis and quantification with MR imaging. Am J Roentgenol 1997;168:1205-8.
16. Gomori JM, Horev G, Tamary H, et al. Hepatic iron overload: quantitative MR imaging. Radiology 1991;179:367-9.
17. Johnston DL, Rice L, Vick GW, et al. Assessment of tissue iron overload by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Med 1989;87:40-7.
18. Letsky EA, Miller F, Worwood M, et al. Serum ferritin in children with thalassaemia regularly transfused. J Clin Pathol 1974;27:652.
19. Luyt DK, Richards GA, Roode H, et al. Thalassaemia: lung transfusion with respect to iron studies and oxidant status. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1993;10:13-23.
20. Freedman MH, Grisaru D, Olivieri N, et al. Pulmonary syndrome in patients with thalassaemia major receiving intravenous desferroxamine infusions. Am J Dis Child 1990;144:565-9.