Sudden death after exercise in an adolescent with hemoglobin SE

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-343

  Arbefeville, Elise F ^a   Tebbi, Cameron K ^b   Chrostowski, Leszek ^a,c   Adams, Vernard I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Tampa Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c Hillsborough Co Med Examiner Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; exercise; hemoglobin E; hemoglobin S; hemoglobin SE; hemoglobinopathies; sickle cell trait mortality; sickle cell trait pathology; sudden death etiology; sudden death pathology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 81855161334     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181d8e390     Document Type: Article

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