Hereditary spherocytosis coexisting with Gilbert's syndrome: A diagnostic dilemma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Garg, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Teckchandani, N ^a   Hadke, N S ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gilbert's syndrome; Haemolytic anaemia; Hereditary spherocytosis; Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; GILBERT DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BILIRUBIN; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HEREDITARY; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149085277     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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