Leg amputation for an extensive, severe and intractable sickle cell anemia ulcer in a Brazilian patient

Hemoglobin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-98

  Queiroz, Ana Maria Mach ^a   Campos, Jessica ^a   Lobo, Clarisse ^a   Bonini Domingos, Claudia Regina ^b   Cardoso, Gilberto ^c   Ballas, Samir K ^d  

^a Instituto de Hematologia 'Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcanti' HEMORIO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Dengue fever; Leg ulcer; Phantom pain; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; PREGABALIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PHANTOM PAIN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; AMPUTATION; COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE;

EID: 84896265278     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2013.875476     Document Type: Article

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