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Sustained long-term hematologic efficacy of hydroxyurea at maximum tolerated dose in children with sickle cell disease.
Blood - 15 Mar 2004
Zimmerman Sherri A, Schultz William H, Davis Jacqueline S, Pickens Chrisley V, Mortier Nicole A, Howard Thad A, Ware Russell E
Abstract excerpt
Hydroxyurea improves hematologic parameters for children with sickle cell disease (SCD), but its long-term efficacy at maximum tolerated dose (MTD) has not been determined. Between 1995 and 2002, hydroxyurea therapy was initiated for 122 pediatric patients with SCD including 106 with homozygous sickle cell anemia (HbSS), 7 with sickle hemoglobin C (HbSC), 7 with sickle/beta-thalassemia (HbS/ beta-thalassemia [6...
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