The outcomes of sickle cell disease in adulthood are clear, but the origins and progression of sickle cell anemia-induced problems in the heart and lung in childhood are not.
Boyd
Jessica H
JH
Strunk
Robert C
RC
Morgan
Wayne J
WJ
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012107:Research Design; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000503:physiopathology*