Haematological study in sickle cell homozygous and heterozygous children in the age group 0-6 years

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 901-904

  Walke, Vaishali A ^a,c   Walde, M S ^b  

^a IGMC   (India)

^b Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College   (India)

^c 20 A Swami Samarth Apartment ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Fetal haemoglobin; Haematological parameters; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 37349113086     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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