Pulmonary embolism after snake bite in a child with Diamond-Blackfan anemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-70

  Makis, Alexandros ^a   Kattamis, Antonis ^b   Grammeniatis, Vassilios ^a   Sihlimiri, Polyxeni ^a   Kotsonis, Haralambos ^c   Iliadis, Andreas ^c   Siamopoulou, Antigone ^a   Chaliasos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diamond Blackfan anemia; iron overload; pulmonary embolism; snake bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEFERASIROX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANEMIA, DIAMOND-BLACKFAN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MUTATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SNAKE BITES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78650796043     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181e88677     Document Type: Article

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