Sickle cell considerations in athletes

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-549

  Eichner, E Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematuria; Rhabdomyolysis; Sickle cell trait; Splenic infarction; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ATHLETE; COLLAPSE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPETITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DEATH; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FOOTBALL; HEAT INJURY; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PARASPINAL MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SOLDIER; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE OSMOLALITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATHLETES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EXERCISE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLENIC INFARCTION; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79958175627     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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