Relationship of clinical severity to packed cell rheology in sickle cell anemia.

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Relationship of clinical severity to packed cell rheology in sickle cell anemia.

Blood - 15 Nov 1991

Phillips G, Coffey B, Tran-Son-Tay R, Kinney T R, Orringer E P, Hochmuth R M

Abstract excerpt

There is wide variation in the clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease (SCD) from one affected individual to another. Many investigators have sought to discern parameters that would explain this variability. In the present studies we have attempted to correlate the frequency of painful eve...

Topics

Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Emergencies
Erythrocyte Count
Female
Genotype
Globins
Hemoglobins
Humans
Male
Pain
Rheology

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