Don't forget sickled cells in the urine when investigating a patient for haematuria

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 723-725

  Fogazzi, G B ^a,b   Leong, S O ^a,c   Cameron, J S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SOUTH AFRICA; URINE; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 0029927920     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027373     Document Type: Article

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