Sickle cell trait in sports

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 347-351

  Eichner, E Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY CARE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651391144     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181fc73d7     Document Type: Article

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