Pulmonary function in thalassaemia major and its correlation with body iron stores

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-105

  Sohn, Eugene Y ^a   Noetzli, Leila J ^a   Gera, Aakanksha ^a   Kato, Roberta ^a   Coates, Thomas D ^a   Harmatz, Paul ^b   Keens, Thomas G ^a   Wood, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Lung disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary function; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; IRON; NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; IRON STORAGE; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS LEVEL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN TEST; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TISSUE LEVEL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052588131     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08808.x     Document Type: Article

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