The prevalence of hypertension and abnormal kidney function in children with sickle cell disease –a cross sectional review

BACKGROUND: Renal disease is a known contributor to mortality in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) and renal abnormalities are evident in childhood. Hyperfiltration (evidenced by elevated glomerular filtration rate, GFR) occurs in children with SCD early in disease. However, the incidence of low...

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Autores principales: Bodas, Prasad, Huang, Alex, O’Riordan, Mary Ann, Sedor, John R, Dell, Katherine MacRae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24168027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24168027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-237

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