Echocardiographic abnormalities in Brazilian sickle cell patients [5]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-161

  Vicari, Perla ^a   De Cassia Rosario Cavalheiro, Rita ^a   De Gouveia, Aparecida ^a   Campos Filho, Orlando ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13244291511     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20238     Document Type: Letter

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