Palpable splenomegaly in children with haemoglobin SC disease: Haematological and clinical manifestations

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-150

  Zimmerman, S A ^a,b   Ware, R E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin SC; Hypersplenism; Sequestration; Splenomegaly; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0033892118     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2000.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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