Circumstances of death in adult sickle cell disease patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 858-863

  Darbari, Deepika S ^a,b,d   Kple Faget, Paul ^c   Kwagyan, John ^b   Rana, Sohail ^b   Gordeuk, Victor R ^a   Castro, Oswaldo ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Training and Research Unit of Medical Sciences University of Bouaké   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Death; Iron overload; Pulmonary hypertension; Renal disease; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33750600143     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20685     Document Type: Article

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