Bone marrow necrosis and fat embolism syndrome in sickle cell disease: Increased susceptibility of patients with non-SS genotypes and a possible association with human parvovirus B19 infection

Blood Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Tsitsikas, Dimitris A ^a   Gallinella, Giorgio ^b   Patel, Sneha ^a   Seligman, Henry ^a   Greaves, Paul ^a   Amos, Roger J ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow necrosis; Fat embolism; Parvovirus B19; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FAT EMBOLISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BONE MARROW NECROSIS; FAT EMBOLISM; PARVOVIRUS B19; SICKLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE MARROW; CHILD; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895179487     PISSN: 0268960X     EISSN: 15321681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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