Prevalence of abdominal ultrasonographic abnormalities in patients with sickle cell disease

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-137

  Balci, Ali ^a   Karazincir, Sinem ^a   Sangün, Özlem ^a   Gali, Edip ^b   Daplan, Turgay ^a   Cingiz, Cihangir ^a   Eǧilmez, Ertuǧrul ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANTAKYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Kidney; Liver; Sickle cell disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY PAPILLA NECROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149091549     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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