Osteomyelitis in sickle cell haemoglobinopathy with elevated fetal haemoglobin

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-75

  Narchi, Hassib ^a,b  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034101956     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930092110     Document Type: Article

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