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Acute Liver Failure From Sickle Cell Hepatopathy Treated With Exchange Transfusion

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a qualitative hemoglobinopathy that can cause widespread sickling and vaso-occlusive events in all organ systems. Sickle cell hepatopathy is an umbrella term for various acute and chronic pathologies of the liver as a result of sickling in SCD patients. We present below...

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Autores principales: Kassem, Ahmad N, Park, Changsu, Rajkumar, Aarthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34235013
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15334