Causes of death in sickle cell disease: An autopsy study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Manci, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Culberson, Donald E ^a   Yang, Yih Ming ^a   Gardner, Todd M ^a   Powell, Randall ^a   Haynes Jr , Johnson ^a   Shah, Arvind K ^b   Mankad, Vipul N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death; Mortality; Pathology; Sickle

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLEEN DISEASE; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142215534     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04594.x     Document Type: Article

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