Raised D-dimer levels in acute sickle cell crisis and their correlation with chest X-ray abnormalities;Erhöhte D-dimer-konzentrationen bei akuten sichelzellkrisen und ihre korrelation mit abnormen röntgenbefunden an der lunge

GMS German Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dar, Javeed ^a   Mughal, Inam ^a   Hassan, Hilali ^a   Al Mekki, Taj E ^a   Chapunduka, Zivani ^a   Hassan, Imad S A ^a  

^a Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Hemoglobinopathy; Lung; Painful

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906709233     PISSN: 16123174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3205/000114     Document Type: Article

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