Adherence to hydroxyurea, health-related quality of life domains, and patients’ perceptions of sickle cell disease and hydroxyurea: a cross-sectional study in adolescents and young adults

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have impaired domains of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Hydroxyurea is safe and efficacious in SCD; however, adherence is suboptimal, and patients’ perceptions are poorly understood amongst adolescents and young adults (AYA). Study objectives w...

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Autores principales: Badawy, Sherif M., Thompson, Alexis A., Lai, Jin-Shei, Penedo, Frank J., Rychlik, Karen, Liem, Robert I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28679417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0713-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28679417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-017-0713-x

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