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A Unique Cause of Intestinal and Splenic Infarction in a Sickle Cell Trait Patient

Sickle-cell trait is a common genetic abnormality in the African American population. A sickle-cell crisis in a patient with sickle-cell trait is uncommon at best. Abdominal painful crises are typical of patients with sickle cell anemia. The treatment for an abdominal painful crisis is usually medic...

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Autores principales: Asfaw, Sofya H., Falk, Gavin A., Morris-Stiff, Gareth, Tuthill, Ralph J., Moorman, Matthew L., Samotowka, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/580453