Bilateral mental nerve neuropathy in an adolescent during sickle cell crises

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1038-1041

  Hamdoun, Elwaseila ^a   Davis, Lamar ^a   McCrary, Sara Jane ^b   Eklund, Neva Penton ^b   Evans, Owen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mental nerve; neuropathy; sickle cell

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CODEINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IBUPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BILATERAL MENTAL NERVE NEUROPATHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALVARIA; CASE REPORT; CHIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIPLOPIA; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER LIP; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MUCOSA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 84864235214     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811431498     Document Type: Article

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