Testicular function in patients with regular blood transfusion for thalassemia major
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Blood transfusion and lung function in children with thalassemia major.
Pulmonary function tests were performed at rest and following blood transfusion on 17 patients with thalassemia major. At rest, diffusion capacity was significantly reduced (mean of 57 percent), and forced vital capacity was mildly reduced (mean of 85 percent). In two of the patients, arterial oxygen tension was low. Other pulmonary function results were in the normal range. Following blood tra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Biomedicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1875-855X
DOI: 10.5372/1905-7415.0902.385