Gallstones in children with sickle cell disease followed up at a Brazilian Hematology Center

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Gumiero, Ana Paula Dos Santos ^a,c   Bellomo Brandão, Maria Angela ^a,b   Da Costa Pinto, Elizete Aparecida Lomazi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO INFANTIL BOLDRINI   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Hemoglobin SC disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEMATOLOGY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 58849142632     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032008000400010     Document Type: Article

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