Sickle cell vasoocclusive crisis and acute chest syndrome at term pregnancy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-79

  Elsayegh, Dany ^a   Shapiro, Janet M ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Pregnancy; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell vasoocclusive crisis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSPNEA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846216393     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000252998.95576.e3     Document Type: Article

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