Epidemiology of sickle cell disease in a rural hospital of Central India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-396

  Kamble, M ^a   Chatruvedi, Pushpa ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood transfusion; Sequestration crisis; Sickle cell disease; Vaso occlusive crisis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034172391     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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