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Severity of Brazilian sickle cell disease patients: severity scores and feasibility of the Bayesian network model use.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Apr 2015
Belini Junior Edis, Silva Danilo Grünig Humberto, Torres Lidiane de Souza, Okumura Jéssika Viviani, Lobo Clarisse Lopes de Castro, Bonini-Domingos Claudia Regina
Abstract excerpt
The integration of the several clinical and laboratory dimensions and the influence of each parameter on the sickle cell disease (SCD)-related mortality is useful for predicting the phenotype of an individual. This study evaluated the feasibility of the SCD severity calculator use to measure disease severity in Brazilian patients. The study group was composed of 500 SCD patients (440 HbSS and 60 HbSC) diagnosed...
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