Splenic function in Omani children with sickle cell disease: Correlation with severity index, hemoglobin phenotype, iron status, and α-thalassemia trait

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 491-500

  Wali, Yasser A ^a   Al Lamki, Zakia ^a   Hussein, Samir S ^a   Bererhi, Hadia ^a   Kumar, Dilip ^a   Wasifuddin, Shah ^a   Zachariah, Mathew ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Colloid scintigraphy; Sickle cell disease; Splenic function

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; IRON; TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; OMAN; PHENOTYPE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; SPLEEN SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; OMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENIC DISEASES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0036786019     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010290097314     Document Type: Article

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