PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yontz, Christopher J.
AU  - Waller, Kathy V.
TI  - Homozygous Sickle Cell Anemia and Secondary Complications: A Case Study
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.24.2.78
DP  - 2011 Apr 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 78--84
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/24/2/78.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/24/2/78.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2011 Apr 01; 24
AB  - A 26-year-old African-American male presented with chest and back pain, fatigue and a history of the following: homozygous sickle cell anemia, pain crises, stroke, hip replacement following avascular necrosis of the femoral head, priapism, chronic transfusions, iron overload, hypertension, migraine headaches, port infections, depression and type II diabetes.ABBREVIATIONS: ACS = acute chest syndrome; AVN = avascular necrosis; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NTBI = non-transferrin bound iron; PHT = pulmonary hypertension; TCD = transcranial Doppler ultrasonophraphy