A screening strategy for the detection of sickle cell retinopathy in pediatric patients

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-191

  Gill, Harmeet S ^a   Lam, Wai Ching ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Retinopathy; SB Thalassemia; SC; Screening; Sickle; SS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RARE DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 42049117333     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I08-003     Document Type: Article

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