The Seventh Sickle Cell Nephropathy
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Is renal medullary carcinoma the seventh nephropathy in sickle cell disease? A multi-center Nigerian survey.
INTRODUCTION Previous studies had enlisted renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) as the seventh nephropathy in sickle cell disease (SCD). Clinical experience has contradicted this claim and this study is targeted at refuting or supporting this assumption. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of RMC and describe other renal complications in SCD. MATERIALS AND METHODS 14 physicians (haematologists ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4479