Acute hepatic sequestration associated with pneumococcal infection in a 5-year-old boy with sickle β°-thalassemia: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 720-724

  Ahmed, Nabil ^a   Chizhevsky, Vladislav ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Hepatic; Sequestration; Sickle cell; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SEQUESTRATION; MALE; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 35148856221     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31814d6866     Document Type: Article

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