@ARTICLE{Bijani, author = {Bijani, khA and , Tamaddoni, A and Ghadimi, R and Hamzeh Pour, R and }, title = {Evaluation of pulmonary function in patients with Thalassemia major}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, abstract ={Background and Objective: The life time of patients with Thalassemia major has been considerably increased in recent years. Long-term complications such as liver and heart complications that caused by hemosiderosis create some problems for these patients. This study was done to evaluate the long-term effects of this disease on lung tissue by pulmonary function test. Methods: This analytical study was performed on 91 normal persons and 100 patients with Thalassemia (Over 5 years old) who referred to Thalassemia research center. Both groups were matched according to their gender and age. After physical examination, ferritin was measured and chest X-ray and spirometry were taken for all persons in both groups. Parameters of pulmonary function test between two groups were compared and P }, URL = {http://jbums.org/article-1-2799-en.html}, eprint = {http://jbums.org/article-1-2799-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2003} }