Sickle cell disease: The Lebanese experience

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Inati, A ^a,b,c   Jradi, O ^d   Tarabay, H ^e   Moallem, H ^f   Rachkidi, Y ^e   El Accaoui, R ^g   Isma'eel, H ^g   Wehbe, R ^e   Mfarrej, B G ^f   Dabbous, I ^g   Taher, A ^b,g  

^a RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b Chronic Care Center Hazmieh   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^d Labib Medical Center   (Lebanon)

^e Nini Hospital   (Lebanon)

^f LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^g AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Complications; Lebanon; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEBANON; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 35848944433     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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