Acute splenic sequestration in female children with sickle cell disease in the North of Jordan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 416-420

  Al Rimawi, H S ^a   Abdul Qader, M ^a   Jallad, M F ^a   Amarin, Z O ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acute splenic sequestration; Female; Jordan; Sickle cell disease; Sickle thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; JORDAN; MALE;

EID: 33845713957     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml042     Document Type: Article

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