Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-117

  Al Hawsawi, Zakaria M ^a  

^a Madina Maternity/Children's Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOTE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 1342268278     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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