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Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Disease

In sickle cell disease transfusions improve blood flow by reducing the proportion of red cells capable of forming sickle hemoglobin polymer. This limits hemolysis and the endothelial damage that result from high proportions of sickle polymer-containing red cells. Additionally, transfusions are used...

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Autores principales: Raghupathy, Radha, Manwani, Deepa, Little, Jane A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20490352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/272940