Empyema of gall bladder in a child with homozygous sickle-cell disease
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;39(4): 243-4, Dec. 1990.
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ABSTRACT
A 13-year-old boy with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease followed from birth in a cohort study of sickle-cell disease developed empyema of the gallbladder after a known 3-year history of gallstones. At this age, gallstones occur in 30%of cohort study children with SS disease but this is the first patient with specific symptoms
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LILACS
Main subject:
Cholecystitis
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Empyema
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Homozygote
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Anemia, Sickle Cell
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
1990
Type:
Article