Acute splenic sequestration crisis in adults with hemoglobin S-C disease: A report of nine cases

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-243

  Koduri, Prasad Rao ^a,b   Nathan, Sunita ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION CRISIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; STEADY STATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 33644514311     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-0061-5     Document Type: Article

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