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Sickle cell anemia: conclusions from a forensic case report of a young African woman who died after anesthesia.
Ultrastructural pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Hammer Ulrich, Wegener Rudolf, Nizze Horst, Wöhlke Gunther, Kruse Christine, Dworniczak Bernd, Kühn-Velten W Nikolaus, Nöldge-Schomburg Gabriele, Hofmockel Rainer, Jonas Ludwig
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A 20-year old African woman underwent anesthesia for interruption of an unwanted pregnancy. As a consequence of the anesthesia, she went into coma because of an as yet unknown and untested homozygotic state of sickle cell anemia. Her vital functions were maintained for more than 1 year by intensive medicine, but she died finally in multiorgan failure and aspiration pneumonia. Because of the complications under...
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