Abnormalities in lung function among multiply-transfused thalassemia patients: Results from a thalassemia center in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Jamal, R ^a   Baizura, J ^a   Hamidah, A ^a   Idris, N ^a   Jeffrey, A H ^a   Roslan, H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT THALASSEMIA;

EID: 17744371187     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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