Sickle cell hepatopathy: Clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome in pediatric and adult patients

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-190

  Ahn, Hyunah ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^a   Wang, Winfred ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatopathy; Hyperbilirubinemia; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22244448421     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20317     Document Type: Article

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