Autopsy findings and pattern of mortality in Nigerian sickle cell disease patients

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ogun, Gabriel Olabiyi ^a   Ebili, Henry ^a   Kotila, Taiwo Racheal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death; Mortality; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SEQUESTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SEQUESTRATION; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900480237     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.30.4043     Document Type: Article

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