MRI follow-up and natural history of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in Kuwaiti children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 351-353

  Gupta, Renu ^a   Adekile, Adekunle D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMUR; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2942526968     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200406000-00004     Document Type: Article

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