Open splenectomy in Jamaican children with sickle cell disease

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-41

  Duncan, N D ^a   Tennant, I ^a   Crawford Sykes, A ^a   Barnett, A ^a   Scarlett, M ^a   Dundas, S E ^a   Badal, G ^a   Chin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ACUTE SPLEEN SEQUESTRATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33646580372     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000100009     Document Type: Review

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