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Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease.
BMC infectious diseases - 27 Aug 2020
Belisário André Rolim, Blatyta Paula F, Vivanco Diana, Oliveira Claudia Di Lorenzo, Carneiro-Proietti Anna Bárbara, Sabino Ester Cerdeira, de Almeida-Neto Cesar, Loureiro Paula, Máximo Cláudia, de Oliveira Garcia Mateos Sheila, Flor-Park Miriam V, de Oliveira Werneck Rodrigues Daniela, Afonso Mota Rosimere, Gonçalez Thelma T, Hoffmann Thomas J, Kelly Shannon, Custer Brian
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BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a multisystem disorder characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and severity. Studies investigating potential effects of co-morbid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and SCD have produced conflicting results, and additional investigations are needed to elucidate whether the interaction between the two disease states might impact both HIV and SCD clinical...
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