Clinical aspects of sickle cell disease in Nairobi children

dc.contributor.author	Bwibo, NO
dc.contributor.author	Kasili Edward G.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-06T15:14:21Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-06T15:14:21Z
dc.date.issued	1982
dc.identifier.citation	Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1982 Summer;4(2):187-90.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6956242
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/29536
dc.description.abstract	Children with sickle cell disease in Nairobi come from tribes living in malarial regions of Kenya. The clinical presentation and complications of this disease are described. The symptoms at onset are nonspecific but the typical features that follow are easy to recognize. Cardiac murmurs and persistently enlarged spleen in older children pose diagnostic challenges. Poor appetite and failure to thrive are common; so are school absenteeism due to crises and infection. The use of white blood cell counts to determine the presence of infection during crises is described.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Univesity of Nairobi	en
dc.title	Clinical aspects of sickle cell disease in Nairobi children	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Medicine	en