The spleen and sickle cell disease: The sick(led) spleen

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-176

  Brousse, Valentine ^a,b,c   Buffet, Pierre ^c,d,e   Rees, David ^f  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Laboratory of Excellence GR Ex   (France)

^d Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute splenic sequestration; Childhood; Hyposplenism; Sickle cell disease; Spleen

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HYDROXYUREA; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ACUTE SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPOSPLENISM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN INSUFFICIENCY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION; CHILDHOOD; HYPOSPLENISM; SICKLE CELL DISEASE; SPLEEN;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATROPHY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84903597894     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12950     Document Type: Review

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