The outcomes of sickle cell disease in adulthood are clear, but the origins and progression of sickle cell anemia-induced problems in the heart and lung in childhood are not

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-4

  Boyd, Jessica H ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a   Morgan, Wayne J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COURSE EVALUATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LUNG DISEASES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33745958653     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.056     Document Type: Editorial

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