Airways obstruction and pulmonary capillary blood volume in children with sickle cell disease

Catherine J Wedderburn, David Rees, Susan Height, Moira Dick, Gerrard F Rafferty, Alan Lunt, Anne Greenough

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Abstract

Airways obstruction occurs in young children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Our aim was to test the hypothesis that increased pulmonary capillary blood volume at least in part explained the increased airways obstruction as this would inform which therapy might be most appropriate to treat the airway obstruction.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)724
JournalPediatric Pulmonology
Volume49
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2014

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