Composition and significance of splenic Gamna-Gandy bodies in sickle cell anemia

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1028-1036

  Piccin, Andrea ^a,b,c   Rizkalla, Hala ^b   Smith, Owen ^b,c   McMahon, Corrina ^b   Furlan, Claudio ^d   Murphy, Ciaran ^c   Negri, Giovanni ^a   Mc Dermott, Michael ^b,c  

^a San Maurizio Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamna Gandy bodies; Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell anemia; Splenectomy; Splenic sequestration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; GAMMA GANDY BODIES; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862536026     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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