Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Child with Sickle Cell Hemoglobin D Disease in the Setting of Acute Chest Syndrome

Introduction. Sickle cell hemoglobin D disease (HbSD) is a rare variant of sickle cell disease (SCD). Incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in children with HbSD is unknown. PE and DVT are known complications of SCD in adults but have not been reported in the l...

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Autores principales: Villanueva, Hazel, Kuril, Sandeepkumar, Krajewski, Jennifer, Sedrak, Aziza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/875683

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