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Is there an energy deficiency in homozygous sickle cell disease?
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Aug 1997
Singhal A, Davies P, Wierenga K J, Thomas P, Serjeant G
Abstract excerpt
The low weight, low height-for-age, delayed skeletal maturation, and retarded puberty in children with homozygous sickle cell disease are consistent with chronic malnutrition. Voluntary energy intake in sickle cell patients (SS) appears to be similar to that of control subjects with a normal hemo...
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