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Case Reports
. 1984 Apr;73(4):507-8.

Fatal acute splenic sequestration at 4 months of age

J N Walterspiel, J C Rutledge, B L Bartlett
  • PMID: 6709430
Case Reports

Fatal acute splenic sequestration at 4 months of age

J N Walterspiel et al. Pediatrics. 1984 Apr.

Abstract

A patient with homozygous sickle cell anemia is the youngest known to have died from acute splenic sequestration crisis. A cord blood screening program might have prevented this infant's death.

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