Ocular findings in children with severe clinical symptoms of homozygous sickle cell anaemia in Kaduna, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-91

  Eruchalu, U V ^a   Pam, V A ^a   Akuse, R M ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cell; Disease; Eye; Retinopathy; Sickle

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; HEMOGLOBIN S; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33747043397     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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