Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate: A Valuable Test in Infants and Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 681-683

  Benjamin Robins, E ^a   Khan, Abdul J ^a   Atrak, Tasser ^a   Torrijos, Emma ^a  

^a INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0027521235     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289303201107     Document Type: Article

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