Pericardial tamponade in a patient with thalassemia major due to hypothyoridism

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-142

  Aydin, Yusuf ^a   Ozcakar, Levent ^b   Altundag, Kadri ^b,c   Ustun, Ihsan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JUGULAR VEIN; LEG EDEMA; MALE; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33747424070     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093646     Document Type: Article

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