Clinical features of sickle cell anaemia in northern Nigerian children;Caractéristiques cliniques de l'anémie falciforme chez les enfants Nigérians du nord

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Ambe, J P ^a   Mava, Yakubu ^a   Chama, R ^a   Farouq, G ^a   Machoko, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical features; Northern Nigeria; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALLOR; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SWELLING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ACUITY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACUITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84890915744     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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