Keeping it in the family: Three relatives with HbSC disease and simultaneous acute pulmonary emboli

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Hawkins, Finn ^a   Ebel, Noelle ^a   Sorescu, George P ^a   Mcmahon, Lillian ^a   Sprinz, Philippa ^a   Klings, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIASTOLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTOLE; TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155163126     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.22177     Document Type: Article

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