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Ankylosis of the hips and knees due to sickle cell disease

This is a case report of a 29-year-old Saudi male with sickle cell disease (SCD) with severe stiffness of his joints, mainly both knees and hips, secondary to complications of SCD. He was severely crippled: unable to sit, stand or walk, and was bedridden for 8 years when he was presented to us. Radi...

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Autores principales: Al Elayan, Saad Saleh Abdullah, Al Hamdan, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24358837
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.1-32.v1