Urinary cysteinyl leukotriene E4 significantly increases during pain in children and adults with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-233

  Field, Joshua J ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a   Knight Perry, Jessica E ^a   Blinder, Morey A ^a   Townsend, R Reid ^a   DeBaun, Michael R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKOTRIENE E4; MONTELUKAST; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN F; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN URINE LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISCHEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STATISTICS; URINE;

ACETATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; LEUKOTRIENE E4; MALE; PAIN; QUINOLINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549155231     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21370     Document Type: Article

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