The role of hydroxyurea in decreasing the occurrence of vasso-occulusive crisis in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease at King Saud Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES: To measure the incidence of vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) and the role of hydroxyurea (HU) in reducing VOC in sickle cell anemia patients being treated at a large tertiary care setting in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The secondary objective of this study is to observe the gradual improve...

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Autores principales: Azmet, Fauzia R., Al-Kasim, Fawaz, Alashram, Walid M., Siddique, Khawar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7001066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915794
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.1.24698

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7001066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915794
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.1.24698

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