Spontaneous erythroid colony formation in Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease.

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The ability of circulating progenitor cells to develop erythroid colonies was studied in vitro in the presence or absence of growth factors (5637-CM and erythropoietin) in 63 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) (36 homozygotes for hemoglobin [Hb] S, 13 double heterozygotes for Hb S and beta thalassemia, and 14 SC patients) in Southeast Brazil. In the presence of growth factors, SCD patients (all genotypes)...

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