Blood transfusion in sickle cell disease: A cautionary tale [14]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9369, 2003, Pages 1659-1660

  Serjeant, Graham ^a  

^a NONE   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; OXYGEN;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DISEASE; STEADY STATE; STROKE; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038582680     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13293-X     Document Type: Letter

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