@article{3120964, title = "Massive Splenic Infarction and Autosplencetomy: First Presentation of Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease in a Toddler", author = "Krepis, P. and Maritsi, D.N. and Tsolia, M.N. and Vakaki, M. and Kossiva, L.", journal = "Journal of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology", year = "2020", volume = "42", number = "5", pages = "371-372", publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins", issn = "1077-4114, 1536-3678", doi = "10.1097/MPH.0000000000001698", keywords = "C reactive protein; ceftriaxone; creatinine; hemoglobin; hemoglobin beta chain; lactate dehydrogenase; procalcitonin, abdominal distension; abdominal pain; abdominal tenderness; bacterial infection; case report; child; childhood disease; clinical article; Congo; creatinine blood level; dehydration; deterioration; diarrhea; distress syndrome; echography; electrophoresis; erythrocyte transfusion; female; gastroenteritis; gene mutation; genetic screening; hematocrit; hemodynamics; hospital admission; human; Letter; lymphocyte count; neutrophil count; outcome assessment; platelet count; preschool child; priority journal; reticulocyte count; sickle cell anemia; skin turgor; spleen infarction; splenectomy; urea nitrogen blood level; vomiting; complication; homozygote; infant; pathology; prognosis; sickle cell anemia; sickle cell trait; spleen infarction, Anemia, Sickle Cell; Female; Homozygote; Humans; Infant; Prognosis; Sickle Cell Trait; Splenic Infarction" }