Gall bladder abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease: Management with laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 580-581

  Alonso, Maria H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 7444247373     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.08.041     Document Type: Editorial

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