The older sickle cell patient

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-106

  McKerrell, Thomas D H ^a   Cohen, Hillel W ^b   Billett, Henny H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hb SS; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2542607703     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20075     Document Type: Article

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