BMJ · 1960 · 71 citations · 1 references
MedicineHematologyPediatricsPediatric HematologyPediatric PulmonologyPulmonologyAnemiaClinical HematologyHematologic DisordersHemoglobin PhysiologyRed Blood Cell DisordersSickle Cell DiseaseHemoglobin DysfunctionHemoglobin LevelsLower Abdominal PainPediatric Hemoglobinopathies
An 8-year-old Arab boy from the village of Gaser A'zarka, in Israel, was admitted to the paediatric service of Chedera General Hospital, and found to be suffering from a left-lower-lobe pneumonia. The patient was said to have had attacks of abdominal pain about once every -year. mainly in the right hypochondrium. These attacks were accompanied by jaundice and dark urine. Several days before admission such an attack had occurred.
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