Do automated red cell exchanges relieve priapism in patients with sickle cell anemia?

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 256-258

  McCarthy, L J ^a,b   Vattuone, J ^a   Weidner, J ^a   Skipworth, E ^a   Fernandez, C ^a   Jackson, L ^a   Rothenberger, S ^a   Waxman, D ^a   Miraglia, C ^a   Porcu, P ^a   Danielson, C F M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Detumescence; Hemoglobin; Priapism; Red Cell Exchange; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CYTAPHERESIS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PRIAPISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6744271953     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2000.00222.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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