Case report: Splenic sequestration and multiorgan failure as the presenting manifestation of hemoglobin SC disease

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-141

  Shao, Spencer H ^a   Orringer, Eugene P ^b,c  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin SC disease; Hepatitis B; Sickle cell; Splenic sequestration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0029883878     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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