Compliance with intramuscular Penicillin prophylaxis in children with sickle cell disease in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-180

  King, L ^a   Ali, S ^a   Knight Madden, J ^a   MooSang, M ^a   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Compliance; Intramuscular; Penicillin prophylaxis; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84857828800     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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