Acute splenic sequestration in an adult with hemoglobin S-C disease

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1064.e5-1064.e8

  Rivera Ruiz, Moises ^a   Varon, Joseph ^b,c,d   Sternbach, George L ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATIGUE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SEQUESTRATION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 54449088844     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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