Improved survival in homozygous sickle cell disease: Lessons from a cohort study

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7020, 1995, Pages 1600-

  Lee, Allison ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a   Cupidore, Lena ^a   Serjeant, Beryl ^a   Serjeant, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MENINGITIS; PARENTS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEPSIS; SPLENIC DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029587055     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7020.1600     Document Type: Article

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