Assessment of painful episode frequency in sickle-cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-188

  Westerman, Maxwell P ^a,e   Bailey, Keeya ^a   Freels, Sally ^b   Schlegel, Robert ^c   Williamson, Patrick ^d  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

frequency; painful episode; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0030890613     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199703)54:3<183::AID-AJH2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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