Clinical and laboratory profile of hereditary spherocytosis
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Hereditary spherocytosis in children: profile and post-splenectomy outcome.
OBJECTIVE To describe profile of 82 children with hereditary spherocytosis diagnosed over a period of 27 years (1985-2011) from a single center. METHODS Retrospective analyses of case records. RESULTS The mean (SD) age at diagnosis was 6.7 (2.8) years; 7 (8.5%) were diagnosed in infancy. Pallor (100%), icterus (67%), undocumented fever (28%), splenomegaly (96%) and hepatomegaly (73%) were t...
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عنوان ژورنال: HERALD of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2618-9704,2618-7116
DOI: 10.17816/mechnikov201911165-72