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Development and validation of a pediatric severity index for sickle cell patients.
American journal of hematology - 1 Oct 2010
van den Tweel Xandra W, van der Lee Johanna H, Heijboer Harriët, Peters Marjolein, Fijnvandraat Karin
Abstract excerpt
There is no instrument to measure severity of sickle cell disease (SCD) in pediatric patients that is generally accepted. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a severity index for SCD in children. We developed an index consisting of 12 items and tested its validity of the index using data from 92 children. We tested whether different scores were obtained for patients classified by severity both...
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