Postmortem diagnosis of hemoglobin SC disease complicated by fat embolism

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-149

  Ballas, Samir K ^a,b   Pindzola, Ander ^b   Chang, Chung Dar ^b   Rubin, Raphael ^b   Weibel, Sandra B ^b   Manci, Elizabeth ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CONTROL; FAT EMBOLISM; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY;

BONE MARROW; EMBOLISM, FAT; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0031749901     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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