Gallstones in sickle cell disease: Observations from the Jamaican cohort study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-85

  Walker, Thomas M ^b   Hambleton, Ian R ^b   Serjeant, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0033939840     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(00)90054-4     Document Type: Article

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