Acute Hemolytic Anemia With Acanthocytosis Associated With High-Dose Misoprostol for Medical Abortion

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-291

  Filippini, Alida ^a   Villa, Giuliano ^a   Corrocher, Roberto ^a   De Franceschi, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MISOPROSTOL;

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ANISOPOIKILOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CATION TRANSPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ACANTHOCYTES; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34547883536     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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