Avascular necrosis of the hip in children with sickle cell disease and high Hb F: Magnetic resonance imaging findings and influence of α-thalassemia trait

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-31

  Adekile, A D ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Yacoub, F ^a   Sinan, T ^a   Al Bloushi, M ^a   Haider, M Z ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteonecrosis; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIP DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEADY STATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0035023308     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046529     Document Type: Article

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