Haematological values in sickle cell anaemia in steady state and during vaso-occlusive crisis in Benin City, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-67

  Omoti, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematological values; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULTER COUNTER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIGERIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEADY STATE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 31344482604     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 15963519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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