A comparative study of haematological parameters in children suffering from sickle cell anaemia (SCA) from different regions of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 136-141

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A F ^a   Warsy, Arjumand S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034965139     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/47.3.136     Document Type: Article

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