Acute chest syndrome during pregnancy as initial presentation of sickle cell disease: A case report

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 547-549

  Campbell, Katherine ^a   Ali, Unzila ^a   Bahtiyar, Mert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Hemoglobinopathies; Pregnancy; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449104842     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085628     Document Type: Article

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