Childhood sickle cell crises: Clinical severity, inflammatory markers and the role of Interleukin-8

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 863-864

  Etienne Julan, Maryse ^a,b   Belloy, Marie Sylvaine ^a,b   Decastel, Monique ^b   Dougaparsad, Samuel ^b   Ravion, Sylvie ^b   Hardy Dessourees, Marie Dominique ^b  

^a Ctr Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU)   (Guadeloupe)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Crisis; Inflammation; Interleukin; Severity marker; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHOSPHOLIPASE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-8; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 3242783364     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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