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Clinical and hematological responses to hydroxyurea in Sicilian patients with Hb S/beta-thalassemia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Feb 2001
Rigano P, Rodgers G P, Renda D, Renda M C, Aquino A, Maggio A
Abstract excerpt
Although, several reports have detailed that hydroxyurea can ameliorate the clinical course of adult and pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia (Hb S or beta(S)), few clinical studies have been carried out in patients with beta(S)/beta-thalassemia. In a two-year clinical study, we evaluated the efficacy of hydroxyurea in a group of 22 adult Sicilian patients with beta(S)/beta-thalassemia with severe...
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