Types of anaemic crises in paediatric patients with sickle cell anaemia seen in Enugu, Nigeria

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 572-576

  Juwah, A I ^a,b   Nlemadim, E U ^b   Kaine, W ^b  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIMALARIALS; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 2642557158     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.037374     Document Type: Article

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