Assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease

Abstract Background Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive Mendelian disorder caused by a point mutation in the beta-globin gene. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive vasculopathy complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of pulmona...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Galal, Nadia Yousef Baraket, Imen Abdelhamid Cheikhrouhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-025-00421-2
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