K J Wierenga

Summary

Affiliation: University of the West Indies
Country: Jamaica

Publications

  1. ncbi Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: a clinic-based population study
    K J Wierenga
    Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
    Lancet 357:680-3. 2001
  2. ncbi Significance of fever in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease
    K J Wierenga
    Sickle Cell Unit, formerly MRC Laboratories Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
    Arch Dis Child 84:156-9. 2001
  3. ncbi Cerebrovascular complications and parvovirus infection in homozygous sickle cell disease
    K J Wierenga
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
    J Pediatr 139:438-42. 2001

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: a clinic-based population study
    K J Wierenga
    Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
    Lancet 357:680-3. 2001
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  2. ncbi Significance of fever in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease
    K J Wierenga
    Sickle Cell Unit, formerly MRC Laboratories Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
    Arch Dis Child 84:156-9. 2001
    ..To investigate the cause and outcome of high fever in Jamaican children with homozygous sickle cell disease...
  3. ncbi Cerebrovascular complications and parvovirus infection in homozygous sickle cell disease
    K J Wierenga
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
    J Pediatr 139:438-42. 2001
    ..The crude risk of cerebrovascular episodes in the 5-week interval after B19 infection was calculated as 58 times greater than expected, which is suggestive of a causal association...