Bilateral Humeral Head Avascular Necrosis: A Rare Presentation in Sickle Cell Trait

Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions of people worldwide. It is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy that occurs due to a point mutation in the sixth codon that replaces glutamic acid with valine in the beta-globin chain. Avascular necrosis (AVN), also known as osteonecrosis, is one of its...

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Autores principales: Banait, Shashank, Banait, Tanvi, Shukla, Shivani, Mane, Supriya, Jain, Jyoti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10517089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10517089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44006

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