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Sickle Cell Disease - Allison King, MD, MPH and John DiPersio, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.


I. HistoryII. Physical ExamIII. Laboratory DataIV. Differential Diagnosis
V. PathophysiologyVI. Prognosis/Clinical CourseVII. Teaching PointsVIII. Bibliography

IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

What was your differential diagnosis when you saw the patient in the Emergency Unit?

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Acute leukemia
Acute chest syndrome
Cholecystitis
Constipation
Pneumonia
Upper respiratory tract infection
Vaso-occlusive pain crisis


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