Outcome of cholelithiasis in Sudanese children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) after 13 years follow-up

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Attalla, Bakhieta A I ^a   Karrar, Z A ^b   Ibnouf, G ^c   Mohamed, A O ^b   Abdelwahab, O ^b   Nasir, E M ^c   El Seed, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRI   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLELITHIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SUDAN;

EID: 84876206111     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i1.21     Document Type: Article

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