Resolution of chronic hepatic sequestration in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease receiving hydroxyurea

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Jeng, Michael R ^a   Rieman, Martha D ^a   Naidu, Paula E ^a   Kaste, Sue C ^a   Jenkins III, Jesse J ^a   Serjeant, Graham ^b   Wang, Winfred C ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Hepatic sequestration; Hydroxyurea; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SEQUESTRATION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER WEIGHT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE;

EID: 0037334811     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200303000-00015     Document Type: Article

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