Sickle cell anemia: An underappreciated and unaddressed contributor to global childhood mortality

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-22

  McGann, Patrick T ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MENINGITIS; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84903385956     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.070     Document Type: Note

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