The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.23 Suppl 2, (1992), 22-24
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S. Fucharoen, P. Winichagoon, N. Siritanaratkul, D. Sonakul, U. Chantaraksri, A. Bunyaratvej, A. Piankijagum, P. Wasi Hypoxemia in thalassemia.. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.23 Suppl 2, (1992), 22-24. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/22356
Data are reviewed describing hypoxemia, a newly identified feature in thalassemia. Evidence indicates platelet aggregation in the pulmonary circulation as being a key factor leading to hypoxemia and cor-pulmonale with right heart failure.