Association between Baseline Fetal Hemoglobin Levels and Incidence of Severe Vaso-Occlusive Pain Episodes in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia

The ameliorating effect of high fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels on the incidence of pain episodes in sickle cell anemia (SCA) is well known; however, this relationship in children with SCA is less clearly established. We tested the hypothesis that higher HbF levels in children with SCA are associated...

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Published in:Pediatr Blood Cancer
Main Authors: Bhatnagar, Pallav, Keefer, Jeffrey R., Casella, James F., Barron-Casella, Emily A., Bean, Christopher J., Hooper, Craig W., Payne, Amanda B., Arking, Dan E., DeBaun, Michael R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387562/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23677903
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.24588
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