Sonographic determination of liver and spleen sizes in patients with sickle cell disease at Gombe, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Anthony Chukwuka Ugwu (Author), Suleiman Tanimu Saad (Author), Emmanuel Ayuba Buba (Author), Saleh Yuguda (Author), Alhaji Modu Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Ultrasonography is a safe, reproducible, and accurate diagnostic imaging modality in the evaluation of the effects of sickle cell anemia (SCA) on the sizes of liver and spleen. The study is aimed at determining the size of liver and spleen in SCA patients compared with that of healthy ag...