Case series of octogenarians with sickle cell disease

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To the editor: Survival of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) has increased progressively since the 1980s.[1][1][⇓][2][⇓][3][⇓][4]-[5][5] Patients with SCD in their sixth or seventh decade have been described previously.[6][6] This report describes 4 patients with SCD who survived beyond

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