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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2025-06-01
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| 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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