Splenic Syndrome in a Young Man at High Altitude with Undetected Sickle Cell Trait

INTRODUCTION: Splenic syndrome is a rare presentation of sickle cell disease. It is important to rule out this possibility when an ethnically vulnerable patient presents with an acute abdominal symptoms in a background of precipitating events. CASE REPORT: A 26-year-old man who developed a severe ab...

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Autores principales: Fernando, CHKA, Mendis, S, Upasena, AP, Costa, YJ, Williams, HS, Moratuwagama, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29978033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373517747905

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