Functional asplenia in sickle-cell anemia

N Engl J Med. 1969 Oct 23;281(17):923-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196910232811703.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hemoglobin C Disease / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pneumococcal Infections / etiology
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Spleen / physiopathology*
  • Splenomegaly / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenomegaly / etiology
  • Sulfur / metabolism
  • Technetium
  • Thalassemia / physiopathology

Substances

  • Sulfur
  • Technetium