Silent Restrictive Lung Disease is Common Among Children with ß-thalassemia: A Single Center Study

• Hauptverfasser: Mona Hassan Eltagui (Verfasst von), Christine William S. Basanti (Verfasst von), Magd Ahmed Kotb (Verfasst von), Toka Emad Eldin Saad (Verfasst von), Mai Mohamed Abd El Salam (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: β-thalassemia syndromes are a group of hereditary blood diseases characterized by reduced or absent β-globin chain synthesis, resulting in reduced hemoglobin in red blood cells. Pulmonary dysfunction ranging from restrictive to obstructive was reported among those with β- thalassemia. Ai...