Acute chest syndrome in adult sickle cell disease in eastern Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Al Suleiman, Ahmad ^a,b   Aziz, Gassan ^a   Bagshia, Mahamoud ^a   El Liathi, Saeed ^a   Homrany, Hassan ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 15544369382     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.53     Document Type: Article

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