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Multiple Bone and Joint Diseases in a Nigerian Sickle Cell Anaemia: a Case Report

This case highlights the fact that bone involvement is the commonest clinical manifestation of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) both in the acute settings such as painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) and as a source of chronic, progressive debility such as avascular necrosis (AVN), chronic osteomyelitis and...

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Autores principales: Olaniyi, John A., Alagbe, Adekunle E., Olutoogun, Toluwalase A., Busari, Oluwasogo E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708038
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2012.023