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Sickle Cell Disease and COVID-19 Infection: Importance of COVID-19 Testing and Approach to Management
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive disorder resulting in the substitution of CTG by CAG in the sixth codon of the beta-globin gene. As a result of this, the hydrophilic glutamic acid residue is replaced by hydrophobic valine residue, leading to the formation of hemoglobin tetramer HBS. Th...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9051589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35494937 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23604 |