Sickle cell anemia with few painful crises is characterized by decreased red cell deformability and increased number of dense cells.

doi:10.1002/ajh.2830360211

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Sickle cell anemia with few painful crises is characterized by decreased red cell deformability and increased number of dense cells.

American journal of hematology - 1 Feb 1991

Ballas S K

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The frequency and severity of the painful sickle cell crisis vary greatly among affected patients. Aside from a high level of Hb F(greater than 20%) there is no established parameter which may modulate the clinical severity of the disease. In this paper we describe two groups of adult patients wi...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Erythrocyte Count
Erythrocyte Deformability
Erythrocytes
Female
Fetal Hemoglobin
Genotype
Globins
Homozygote
Humans
Leg Ulcer
Male
Middle Aged
Pain
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevalence

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