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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/82571| Title: | Heart disease in thalassemia heterozygotes with sickle cell anemia |
| Authors: | Covitz, Wesley Felice, Alex Milner, Paul F. McKie, Virgil C. McKie, Kathleen M. Strong, William B. Davis, Harry C. |
| Keywords: | Hemoglobin Hemoglobinopathy Thalassemia Molecular microbiology |
| Issue Date: | 1987 |
| Publisher: | The American Pediatric Society & The Society for Pediatric Research |
| Citation: | Covitz, W., Pace, A., Milner, P. F., McKie, V. C., McKie, K. M., Strong, W. B., & Davis, H. C. (1987). Heart disease in thalassemia heterozygotes with sickle cell anemia. 1987 Annual Meeting : The American Pediatric Society and The Society for Pediatric Research. |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether thalassemia heterozygotes (α thal) who have sickle cell anemia (SCA) suffer fewer cardiac effects of their SCA due to an increased oxygen carrying capacity or decreased sickling. Echocardiograms and graded, maximal exercise tests were performed in 22 subjects with α thal and SCA, and in 22 age and sex matched controls (C) with SCA alone. The patients ranged in age from 8-32 years. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/82571 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SSur |
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