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Folate supplementation in people with sickle cell disease

2018-03-16

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Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of disorders that affects haemoglobin, which causes distorted sickle‐ or crescent‐shaped red blood cells. It is characterized by anaemia, increased susceptibility to infections and episodes of pain. The disease is acquired by inheriting abnormal genes from both parents, the combination giving rise to different forms of the disease. Due to increased erythropoiesis in...

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Literature Corpus work: 80b73c76-10eb-5af9-aaae-49636f6112f7
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011130.pub3

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