Red Blood Cell Exchange in a Patient With Extramedullary Hematopoiesis and Cor Pulmonale Secondary to Beta Thalassemia

Rationale: Beta thalassemia is a congenital defect in the production of the beta globin chain. Patients with beta thalassemia major will have higher levels of hemoglobin F (HbF), which is suboptimal in releasing oxygen to tissue. Herein, we describe the use of red blood cell (RBC) exchange transfusi...

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Autores principales: Kopparthy, Pallavi, Kelkar, Amar H, Aggarwal, Kunal, De Filippis, Samantha, Fletcher, Brad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Pulmonology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8011980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824791
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13638

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8011980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824791
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13638

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