Cardiac complications in thalassemia major

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Wood, John C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart complications; Iron cardiomyopathy; Pulmonary hypertension; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 73949143370     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260903347526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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