A 22-year-old man with a sickle cell crisis and sudden death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1293-1301

  Mcmahon, L E C ^a   Mark, E J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; COR PULMONALE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030774302     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710303371808     Document Type: Article

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