Hemoglobin - E β thalassemia presenting with recurrent priapism - A rare complication

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-

  Sharma, Raj ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^b   Kamboj, Sangeeta ^a   Jain, Veer ^a  

^a RAJENDRA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADULT; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; JAUNDICE; LETTER; MALE; PALLOR; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; MALE; PRIAPISM;

EID: 39749098716     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21110     Document Type: Letter

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