Spleen size determined by ultrasound in patients with sickle cell trait, HbAC trait and glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency in a malaria hyperendemic area (Ashanti Region, Ghana)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-109

  Burchard, Gerd Dieter ^a,c   Browne, Edmund N L ^b   Sievertsen, Jürgen ^a   May, Jürgen ^c   Meyer, Christian G ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; HbAC; Malaria; Sickle cell trait; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN AC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEALTH MONITORING; MALARIA; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN C; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLENOMEGALY;

GHANA;

EID: 0035935177     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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